The Fragile Ordinary by Samantha YoungMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I received this eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.
Release date: June 26, 2018
Comet is a shy bookworm who has 2 friends, and is only trying to survive high school so she can become the person she is meant to be forever in college. High school Comet is not the Comet she wants to be, because she is shy, bullied, and invisible, all at the same time. Only her two friends keep her company - and that is becoming strained since all Comet wants to do is go home and get lost in her books.
When a new American comes to her school, she is shocked at how attracted she is to him. Tobias is so much like her book boyfriends in her books, that she is stunned when she sees him for the first time. But the more she has classes with him, the more she realizes that he is a jerk, and not at all like her book boyfriends.
When they get paired up together in their English class, Comet realizes that she may have judged him wrong too quickly. Sure, he's a jerk, but there is a history there that Tobias is trying to hide from and disappear from, so he is being a completely different guy than who he really is.
After more and more time spending together, Comet and Tobias realize that they are GOOD for each other. Comet is making Tobias realize that he doesn't have to hide his true self, and that being real is okay for him. And Tobias is helping Comet get out of her shell and live her life, rather than live multiple lives through her characters. In fact, Comet goes a few DAYS without reading, when she would always constantly have her nose in a book.
Just when things were becoming amazing for the two of them, they received devastating news that destroys them - not only doubting their own selves, but also blaming the other person.
Their days of being a new, improved person might be over before it even began, because as much as Comet didn't want to be like her parents and be dependent on one another, she has realized that she may only be this outspoken, brave person when Tobias was in her life...
This book is about every girl who fan girls over fictional worlds and characters created by authors! Samantha Young was able to get every detail of Comet down to explain to "non-readers" why a person would spend the majority of their day with their nose in a book. I know it certainly explained me pretty well!
Though I do have to say that I don't have Comet's parents issues in my life, thank goodness. I couldn't imagine my parents ignoring me and not caring about me, but would rather be wrapped up into each other so much that there wasn't enough room to let me into their lives and their love. That was so sad to read, because I know that there are parents out there like that, and no one should have to grow up in that environment. I'm very glad that Comet came out of her shell enough to finally tell them how she felt about her home life.
And the storybook love between Comet and Tobias? Classic. It was so swoon worthy when they finally realized that they both liked each other and not other people, and the way Tobias took charge when he needed to was amazing. Comet was getting her very own book boyfriend in real life, but also realizing that this can happen to her without having to read a book to get those feelings.
This was a great novel and I am so glad that I got a chance to read an eARC of it beforehand!
I am pretty sure that a lot of readers are going to be able to relate to this novel and they are going to swoon with Comet. It might also give readers hope that it CAN and WILL happen to them one day, and until then, reading books to get that feeling is an okay buffer :)
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