Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West Review

Book Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s been rejected from an art show because her work “has no heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings Abby isn’t going to take any chances.

Which is where the list comes in.

Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being. But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t as straightforward as it seems… and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she isn’t first willing to change herself.

This is the first in a set of three standalone books with crossover characters.

My Thoughts

This is my first reading in 2018 and I don't regret it!

I always trust Kasie West's works because they always success to make me warm with her those adorable cute scenes. Having to read all of her novels, unfortunately, it also has a downside. It made her predictable for me. I got bored with her previous book, Lucky in Love which I only rated 2 stars. No, it was not terrible, it was far from terrible actually. But I got bored, it was like reading the same book over and over with the only difference at the characters name. Nevertheless, my faith for Kasie West has not crushed completely. Thankfully, she picked her pace forward. This book offers me something different yet it still holds Kasie West's magic.

It has mental illness subject, a piece of heart-broken, normal friendship, and unrequited love. For the first time, I didn't know where Kasie West heading with her characters, she told us a story about how to heal a broken heart, how to get move on, and I got a bit teary in the middle of her books (!!!) and it was everything I didn't know I needed. Thank you, Kasie West! I'm glad, she still my auto-buy author because this one is my favorite so far.

My rating: 4.5 stars

Originally posted on my Goodreads page on January 4, 2018