Review: Click to Subscribe by L.M. Augustine

By: unknown on Saturday, June 15, 2013

                                          


Click to Subscribe by L.M. Augustine

Published: May 9th, 2013

Ebook, 252 pages
Reviewed by Angela

1,135,789. That’s how many subscribers sixteen-year-old West Ryder has on his web vlog series. But he only has eyes for one of them.

As one of the internet’s most prestigious video bloggers, West talks about high school relationships under the name “Sam Green.” As far as he knows, no one from school, not even his best friend, Cat, has seen his videos. But the highlight of the whole thing is Harper Knight, who comments every day at exactly 2:02 in the afternoon. He doesn’t know anything about her aside from the occasional deep philosophical messaging on why pizza tastes so delicious, but as stupid as it sounds, he might be falling for her. So when they finally agree to meet in real life, West’s hope for romance seems more and more in reach. But that all changes as soon as he arrives at their meeting spot and sees Cat walking toward him, wearing the same “I <3 Sam Green” T-shirt Harper promised she’d have on.
To his alarm, West realizes he is falling in love with the best friend who has always been a sister to him.

Review: (May contain spoilers)

If you are looking for a fun, quick, sweet, light, summer read, then you’ve found the one. This book is all of those and even more. I know what you are thinking. It’s another one of those books where the  best friends fall in love with each other. Well you are right. That is true. But this is not the typical best-friends-fall-in-love kind of books, something fresh and something you probably never read before. It feels so real, this world. L.M. Augustine really captured the friendship and romantic tension between the two characters. The author wrote the book in a way that you can relate to the characters even if you’ve never been in a position like them. You can understand many of the things that West did, even if they were not always correct. The ending was pretty predictable but that wasn’t the point. The point was how West developed as a person, realizing things he hadn’t before, forgiving or not quite someone, and moving on from his mother’s death. The dialogue between the people is so funny and realistic unlike some books. I highly recommend this, so funny and sweet.

4/5 stars