Maybe Someday

usually put a quote here but nothing comes to mind.
rating- 2.5/5{review may contain spoilers}

Honestly didn't want to write this review because i did not want to revisit how terrible this book was. But here we are, wish me luck.

summing it up for anybody who hasn't read this book:
The main character Sydney gets cheated on, is heartbroken but proceeds to make this other guy cheat on his girlfriend.
yes. that is literally the entire plot.

I'm going to list everything i didn't like because this review is going to be chaotic otherwise-
➜ Like i mentioned, the lack of plot.
➜ The characters had very little development throughout and had barely any depth to begin with. Sydney came off as whiny and confused while Ridge was conflicted and douchey.
➜ Cheating. (just.. no)
➜ Romanticising cheating?? (even worse)
➜ All the book focuses on is Sydney and Ridge's relationship, thus the author doesn't really have room to establish any of the character's qualities. Due to this, the side characters also felt very two-dimensional. Warren and Bridgette had a lot of potential, but their characterisation was terribly done. Even in Maggie's case, we're told she's very cool and amazing, yet we don't really see it.
➜ The extremeeeelyyyyy slow pace.groan Like, I get it Ridge. You can't pick between Maggie and Sydney. Did your inner conflict have to go on for over 100 pages, though?
No because literally, these are lines from the book:
“my heart begins to tear in two, half of it remaining where it's always been, with Maggie, and the other half being pulled to the girl beneath me. Nothing in my life has ever felt so good yet hurt so achingly bad. I tear my mouth away from hers, and we both gasp for breath as the desperate grip she has on me keeps me locked against her. I refuse to allow our mouths to reconnect as I struggle to figure out which half of my heart I want to save.” And he proceeds to refer to them as halves of his heart throughout the book, not even kidding T_T

The book tries REALLY hard to justify and maturely depict being in love with two people at once. The confusion, conflict and dramaticism is portrayed well but is ALL that is portayed. bahaha. The characters became far too predictable throughout the course of the book and it significantly goes downhill, as we force ourself through it.
For example, we all know who he's going to end up with anyway and yet it is inevitably dragged on for the confrontation with Maggie in the end.

However, there were also a few things i liked, hence the 2.5 stars.
⦿ How the book started off, was very well done and had a lot of potential. I was surprised that the main character was deaf, and was really excited to see how the author pulls off dialogues and conversation.
⦿ The music of course. Ridge's passion for music despite being deaf was admirable. ​I loved how he embraced his deafness, didn't complain or constantly think about the what ifs.
⦿ The message conveyed about not letting your disability get in the way of pursuing your dreams is important. Ridge was an incredible musician despite not being able to listen to any sounds.
⦿I also found out tons of stuff about people with hearing impairments which was really cool (turning off the lights to get ridge's attention for instance), it's not something i thought about before this.
⦿ The songs were also pretty cool (i also found out that you can listen to the soundtrack on youtube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8FDAOhC6Nmv2M_OjHAK179-AWAA5fjww)

That's all i have. Clearly there was more i disliked than i liked. The plot, pacing, ending and characterisation were a mess. I really tried to love this one, i did; guess it just wasn't for me. I don't think I'm going to read the other books in the series.
I wouldn't recommend this book unless you're okay with the things i mentioned above.