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Overview:

Title: Chaos Theory
Author: Nic Stone
Published: February 2023
Genre: YA Romance
Themes: Mental health, alcoholism.

One sentence summary: Shelbi and Andy keep finding each other, but how far can their relationship be pushed?

One sentence review: Deeply complex and messy teenagers make for the best love story.

Review:

Shelbi and Andy seem to be bound together by fate, but it’s a deeper connection that propels their relationship.

I’m in my YA romance era and I’m absolutely loving it. While the blurb and my summary might seem quite corny, this is another sterling example of YA romance done right: full of beautiful moments of teenage love, embarrassment and adorable declarations.

But this one absolutely comes with some trigger warnings (there’s a beautiful letter to the reader in the front) and has some dark spots, but are handled so well.

The running theme of chaos theory was really well placed and I really appreciated that too. We love a nerdy teenager over here.

It made me sob at multiple points, Stone knows how to write a character that’s for sure! They were deep and complex and messy, beautiful people. I can’t wait to read through the rest of their backlog.

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Last updated 02/12/2024