Always Never Yours

I've lived in Oregon my whole life and I don't believe even native me has said the word Oregon more than this book did lol

We follow our MC Megan through her journey of a Romeo and Juliet play because she wants to get into a prestigious college to fulfill her dreams of being a director of theater play and she needs this high school credit. This becomes all surface level as we delve deep into whats expected of Megan from her friends and family, and how she handles her boyfriends/sexual relationships while being an emotional shut in because she knows whoever she dates will leave her and find their perfect relationship after her. I believe this book starts not too shortly after her 6th relationship ending, implementing the truth further with this love “curse” but not curse.

Side disclaimer that I know absofuckinglutely nothing about Shakespeare or anything theater/play related. And yet, I didn't feel out of place reading this book even granting all the references which was a lot considering that the whole plot centered mainly on Romeo and Juliet play.

What I think this book did best was how they wrote Megan. I never really disliked Megan, however she started off extremely strong. So closed in and shut tight with her emotions and over the course of the novel she really opens up. And she becomes open to improving herself and how she acts and treats others and how she prioritizes her friendships and familial relationships too. And I think that was a beautiful thing to experience with her because I was invested in her life and her choices, etc.

I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast YA contemporary read that deals extremely heavily on all kinds of relationships, the good and the bad and everything in between.