A review by wanderingcurls
Lover Birds by Leanne Egan

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

🐤 Lover Birds Review 🐤

Highlights: 
🐤 Enemies to lovers 
🐤 Sapphic teen romance 
🐤 Sixth form (HS senior year) setting
🐤 Pride & Prejudice-inspired 
🐤 ADHD rep 
🐤 Tutor-tutee dynamic 
🐤 Classism 
🐤 Misunderstandings galore 
🐤 Importance of friendship 

Thanks to @scholastic and @netgalley for the eARC. Lover Birds reminds me of everything I love about Becky Albertalli and Alice Oseman. It captures the messy, sweet, and relatable emotions of sixth-form life with an engaging enemies-to-lovers arc. I appreciated the story’s authentic ADHD representation and  exploration of classism and how they affected the characters’ relationships and lives. Misunderstandings and the importance of friendship play central roles in the story, making it as much about personal growth as romance. It was exactly what I needed to break my reading slump. 

Content warnings: sexual harassment, homophobia, classism, emotional abuse (side character), drinking (note: drinking age in the the UK is 18). 

Publication Date: February 4, 2025 

🏷️: #LoverBirds #LeanneEgan