Overall: 3/5
Plots and Themes: 3/5
Characters: 3/5
Writing Style: 3/5
Attention Grabbing: 3/5
The Takeaway follows Hazel, a young woman still trying to figure her life out. She loves the piano, but she's afraid to play in public. She doesn't have too many friends her own age, she doesn't know how to interact with people and she's struggling to figure it all out. Then she meets Hatch, a star football player who she hears through their shared apartment walls. They become friends and they help each other navigate all the struggles that come with trying to figure out what to do with your life.
I liked it well enough. A little bland and I felt like I was being spoonfed important details at times rather than being able to reason them out myself. Like we're not supposed to like this character and we know it because everyone says we shouldn't like them. But I like how their relationship progresses from a friendship to a romance, despite not getting a lot of the romance. The only issue there being she felt a bit infantilized at points, not in a completely overdone way, just that I would've liked to see a bit more independent thought.
So enjoyable, definitely will be reading more by Jamie Bennett in the future and looking forward to reading more in her canon.
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