A review by chaosandbooks
Recommended for You by Laura Silverman

3.0

I wanted to love this book, but it was just over-the-top and it kept pulling me out of the story. The main character is a pretty self-centered and naive as she tries to juggle multiple hardships in her life so I do understand her reactions. This depiction was probably one of the most accurate depictions of a teenager in YA. However, I think the book could have done better focusing on her family situation and contest at work while doing away with some of the other problems to make it more focused and better developed. I think there are a lot of positives to this book though. The holiday timeline sets perfectly against the bookstore setting to make it a cozy and cute read. There's also a great diverse cast covering financial classes, race/ethnicity/religition, physical disability, and the LGBT+ community. It's a great read for the lower age range of the YA audience as well.