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REVIEW: All Our Worst Ideas by Vicky Skinner ( BLOG TOUR)

All Our Worst Ideas
Vicky Skinner
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: August 11th 2020
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult

Two teens who have nothing in common work together at a record store in All Our Worst Ideas, a powerful and voice-driven YA novel from Vicky Skinner.

When Amy, on her way to becoming valedictorian of her graduating class and getting accepted to her dream school, gets dumped by her long-term boyfriend, she takes a job at a record store to ease the pain. She needs a distraction, badly.

Oliver, Amy’s record store co-worker, isn’t so sure about Amy—his complete opposite—but what he is sure of is his decision not to go to college. He just can’t figure out how to tell his mother.

As they work late-night shifts at the record store, Amy and Oliver become friends and then confidantes and then something more, but when Amy has a hard time letting go of what she thought was her perfect future with her ex, she risks losing the future she didn’t even know she wanted with Oliver.

MY REVIEW 


Amy is a senior in high school who has had her heart set on Stanford for years. She is determined to become valedictorian and win the scholarship she needs to secure her future. But it’s never that easy and the road is bumpy. 

Oliver has decided to take a gap year. Maybe college just isn’t for him? And his relationship with his father is far from good. 

When they meet at the music store they have different ideas for their futures, but maybe they are the perfect match. There’s just the small problem that Amy is still in love with her ex. 

This novel is a realistic coming of age journey of two different life’s that overlap in all the best ways. This is more than a crush, it’s about finding the person who supports you unconditionally. It was heartwarming and relatable. I really love the themes of following your own heart and doing what’s right for yourself. It’s inspiring to read about putting yourself first. It shows that even though two people seem very different on a surface level, often times they actually have a lot in common. That was the case with Amy and Oliver. 

This story had little but of everything from music, to friendship, to love with an ending that wrapped it up perfectly. 

 RATING: ★★★★

 

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Author Bio:

Vicky Skinner was born and raised in Texas, where she started writing novels about kissing cute boys when she was fifteen and eventually earned a BA in Literary Studies from The University of Texas at Dallas. She’s a full-time writer, a part-time runner, and she currently lives in Dallas with her husband.

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