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![TWICE SHY by Sarah Hogle
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Okay, I’m going to need Sarah Hogle to just hurry up and write allll of the books because I can’t handle waiting for each one to come out.
If you enjoyed her debut, YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER, you’ll enjoy TWICE SHY. That being said, keep in mind that they’re two different books. Where YDEO was more humorous and quick, TWICE SHY was more emotional and sentimental. (TWICE SHY was still very funny!)
Maybell was painfully romantic, sensitive, and quirky. I generally don’t gravitate towards those types of characters; I’m still working on my post-manic-pixie-dream-girl-era anxiety and I tend to find quirky, daydreamer types to be too much (of what, I don’t know, I just often find them to be too much). Still, I adored Maybell. Unlike so many of the quirky-girl, MPDGs of the (thankfully) bygone 2000s, Maybell was whimsical but she was also earnest and relatable. Ultimately, I think this is one of my favorite aspects of Hogle’s writing—her ability to convey relatable and resonant emotions in the loveliest of ways.
If you’re looking for a sweet, earnest, and slow-burn romance, with enough humor to keep it from feeling too saccharine, you need to read TWICE SHY. Wesley and Maybell were so dear that, on multiple occasions, I wanted to just grab them up in the biggest hug (and I’m generally NOT a hugger, so that’s really saying something).
You can find my full review up on my blog (link in bio)!
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