Monthly Archives: June 2012

As part of my effort to include a wider range of opinions on Indebooks, I’m kicking off a roundup of other reviews on the books we’ve read recently. If you have a thoughtful review you’d like to submit, please email indebookreview@gmail.com, or post your thoughts on the book below!   Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park was the first book I reviewed on this site, and it’s still one of my favorite self-published books. It wasn’t a perfect book, but it has heart and that certain quality that makes you want to race through to the end (then hit yourself for not savoring it.) Below is a roundup of what some other reviewers had to say about the book. I’ve tried to include a range of opinions, but if you don’t see yours represented, please include it in the comments below. Mallory from Condescending Pear liked the book, but made some good points about the pacing of the plot: This was a slow burner for sure. There’s not initially a clear progression for the story, and it takes some time for things to pick up. This book probably could have benefited from being edited down a couple of chapters in the first half. That said, I personally did not mind the pace of this book at all. I felt like the first part of the book did a good job of establishing Julie’s investment in the Watkins family and the evolution of her relationship with its members. I trusted her more as a narrator and understood her concern for the family better as a result… I was really pleasantly surprised by this book. It’s a great contemporary YA from a slightly older (college-age) perspective, with an unusual take on family issues that I’ve never really seen before in YA. Though … Continue reading →