A review by afi_whatafireads
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

EXCUSE ME THIS WAS CUTE AF IT GOT ME SMILING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON LIKE HELLO ?!


"Even if neither of us ever did anything interesting in our entire lives, it wouldn't matter. You don't need to be special or significant to have value. You're just important, always, and people either see that or they don't. They either love you, or they don't."


I SWEAR THE WAY BRADLEY AND CELINE IS JUST ✨EVERYTHING✨

Its fitting with the title - with HOW CUTE THEIR BANTERS ARE - you're literally blind to notice their infatuation towards one another, HENCE THE TITLE . I was absolutely giggling like a school girl at how annoying they are to each other, and yet they are so BLOODY PERFECT FOR ONE ANOTHER! My babies are literally giving ✨CHAOTIC ENERGY✨ and GOSH I love when they are as naive and as awkward and as chaotic as the two of them are in here, because that's what being in love when you were young looks like.

I liked that the Hibbert brought forward some very interesting topics :-

✨ Single-parent household and its affects towards their children✨
- The emotional damage and trauma that it can have to the child and the way they will proceed to have a relationship later on. I'm just happy that Celine actually knows that she's in the wrong and she apologized for everything that she did.

✨ Bringing forward awareness for people with OCD✨
Bradley has such a chaotic mind, and I lowkey understood him. The fact that he was very vulnerable and not afraid to call out on Celine's bullshit, whilst also talking about what is a sore spot for him due to his condition makes Bradly such an endearing character. It also showed how people with the condition can do to cope with what they have to live normal lives.

✨ YOLO - best way to go ✨
While the phrase can be misused if not planned well, I feel that there are things in life that is more than just problems. Living life and appreciating things at the moment, being weird and quirky and being yourself, makes life more worth leaving.

The fact that the characters in here are both nerds, quirky and very eccentric makes them so very endearing and GOSH it made me smile reading this book. It had every element that makes a YA Contemporary Romance good -
- Chemistry between characters
- Academic-Rivalry-Best Friends-Enemies-Frenemies-Lovers storyline that will make you squirm and giggle
- Found-family and a warm family relationship
- A bit adventurous and camp-like fun

Definitely a book that I will let everyone to read if you need something light and fun. Definitely lifted my spirits and made me smile all the time reading it.

4.25🌟 for this gem

Thank you so much to Times Reads for this copy! I truly appreciate it.