I received this book for free (hey, thanks!) in exchange for an honest review. I promise that this does NOT affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. For real.
Signs Point to Yes on October 20th 2015 Format: ARC (272 pages) • Goodreads • Amazon • Barnes & Noble
Jane, a superstitious fangirl, takes an anonymous babysitting job to avoid an unpaid internship with her college-obsessed mom. The only problem? She’s babysitting the siblings of her childhood friend and new crush, Teo.
Teo doesn’t dislike Jane, but his best friend Ravi hates her, and is determined to keep them apart. So Teo’s pretty sure his plans for a peaceful summer are shot. His only hope is that his intermittent search for his birth father will finally pan out and he’ll find a new, less awkward home. Meanwhile, at Jane’s house, her sister Margo wants to come out as bisexual, but she’s terrified of how her parents will react.
In a summer filled with secrets and questions, even Jane’s Magic 8 ball can’t give them clear answers, but Signs Point to Yes.
I definitely have mixed feelings about this one. I usually write reviews right away, but I can’t really put all of my thoughts together. It doesn’t help either that it didn’t leave much of an impression on me.
I started out being a fan of the three perspectives: Jane, Margo, and Teo. It sort of switched between the three of them with each chapter. Jane and Margo had an interesting sister dynamic. They apparently weren’t close before the book started, but conveniently became friends literally right as the book was starting. I also didn’t understand the friendship between Kavi and Teo. It took absolutely forever to figure out why Kavi hated Jane so much, and the reason ended up being completely ridiculous and stupid. I didn’t get it at all.
The biggest thing I can say about this book is that it was awkward. Literally one part of dialogue was, “you keep doing these awesome things (69).” I just didn’t feel like the dialogue worked at all. They were awkward characters, but it was further emphasized by the writing style. It was very “he said, then she said, then he said.” The third person point of view was interesting in some ways, but it made everything feel detached and not emotionally connected at all. There was a lot of telling instead of showing, which definitely bugged me.
The whole premise of the book was kind of bizarre. I literally wrote in my notes that they had lots of “hairbrained” ideas. Next thing you know I’d be calling them meddling kids or something. Teo has a stupid idea and the rest of them follow up with a stupid idea.
The more I write this review, the more irritated I am with the book to be honest… The main thing I liked about the book was when they talked about froyo flavor palettes, because I do that too. (Chocolate themed, fruit themed, etc. Never mix and match.) I’m just going to quit writing this because I don’t have anything else to say 🙁
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| Overall: | 3 |
This saddens me. I am seeing a lot of reviews that say this book wasn’t great. I did love the author’s first book, A Little Something Different so I am going to give this one a try… but with caution.
I still need to read the first book! I’ve heard great things about that one.
I just got her first book so I will have to see about that. I was looking forward to this one though so sad to hear it wasn’t that great. Sorry it wasn’t better for you. Great review – love the Friends gif!
Thank you 😀
Aww…I’m sorry you felt so ambivalent about this one Lauren. 😐 There’s nothing worse than feeling “meh” about a book. Nonetheless, I love the idea of the sister dynamic mentioned here. Thanks for sharing and, as always, fabulous review! ♥
Thank you!
I feel the same way about this one. It was super awkward. I do love the cover at least!
Yes, the cover is cute!
I read this book a few weeks ago, and sadly, I gave it three stars too. Not that is was bad or anything, but I think that it could have been way, way better and a lot less awkward.
Yes I totally 100% agree!