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Storybound by Emily McKay




I inadvertently squeeze the keys too hard and the car bleeps in protest. I jump a little, but the scowl fades from Kane’s face, and his lips twitch. Good. He’s amused by me again. I can be the plucky comic relief. I can’t be the girl he cares about. That role in the book is already taken. ~Edie, 48%


The excerpt above is from one of the many hilarious, sweet, and swoony scenes in Storybound, that had me smiling like a lovesick doof.

I really liked the concept of Storybound, because it felt like a story that was especially written for me, and others like me. Those of us who have found at least one book series that feels so real, that it’s like you know the characters on a personal level. You’re sad when they’re sad, angry when their angry, and you fall completely head-over-heels for a guy (or girl), when they do. Those of us who would consider trading a kidney, just to be in the presence of our true book boyfriend ~ swoon.

I liked how Kane, and the other characters in his fantasy world which resembled the U.S. in design, knew that they existed as book characters in “our” world. The fact that items such as girl scout cookies, Game of Throne dvds, and a porsche could be smuggled through the veils, was an interesting concept. However, the concept was a bit flawed. At one point a character from the fantasy world called a person a “dude” but then later on didn’t know the sports term “benching”.

Also, because items could be brought over from our world into the fantasy world, I had a really hard time believing that our main male character Kane didn’t know about his future, because he never tried to get the copies of the books that we’re based on his life. It’s stated later on in Storybound that he could have acquired them, therefore it seems highly improbable that he wouldn’t have at least tried to.

Regardless of this book’s flaws, I enjoyed reading it. I smiled. I giggled. And I definitely swooned.

My Rating: ★★ 
Publication: May 65, 2020
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 403
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