.AllisonBlairN reviews dilemmalord's BeginAgain, a charming coming of age tale and YA romance that's her best since TweetCute.
finds Andie transferring to her dream college, Blue Ridge State, halfway through freshman year. She’s excited to be at the school where her parents fell in love and to reunite with her boyfriend, Conner. The only issue is that Conner’s not there; he transferred to the local community college that Andie just transferred from.
Aside from the Conner situation, Andie’s settling in well at Blue Ridge. She hits it off with her roommate, Shay, a Bookstagrammer who hasn’t declared a major yet, and her RA, Milo, who has an intense caffeine addiction and a hatred of tea. She even manages to make a few friends at her dorm and around campus who help her in various events so she can collect ribbons for Blue Ridge’s secret societies.
Part of Andie’s journey is recognizing that she doesn’t need to fix everyone’s problems in order for people to love her and that some people will abuse her kindness. It’s not something she is able to grasp immediately; it’s a well-drawn-out arc that isn’t rushed to where it feels unrealistic. You witness how her compulsive need to help people can be a good thing, and how it can also completely ruin her own life, not that Andie notices that part right away.
There is one aspect that dampens the shine of an otherwise top-tier novel: Andie’s cursing, or rather, non-cursing. It’s not cute or funny. It’s weirdly childish to have her say something like “Strawberry Eggo waffles” or one of her many other food-related non-curses, all of which make you cringe While it’s something she’s adapted from her Gammy Nell, we don’t have any deep connection to either of them that might help us view Andie’s non-curses as endearing or funny.
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