Review: Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West
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Author: Kasie West
Published May 28th 2019 by Point
Goodreads Synopsis
Talking to other people isn't Kate Bailey's favorite activity. She'd much rather be out on the lake, soaking up the solitude and sunshine. So when her best friend, Alana, convinces Kate to join their high school's podcast, Kate is not expecting to be chosen as the host. Now she'll have to answer calls and give advice on the air? Impossible.
But to Kate's surprise, she turns out to be pretty good at the hosting gig. Then the podcast gets in a call from an anonymous guy, asking for advice about his unnamed crush. Kate is pretty sure that the caller is gorgeous Diego Martinez, and even surer that the girl in question is Alana. Kate is excited for her friend . . . until Kate herself starts to develop feelings for Diego. Suddenly, Kate finds that while doling out wisdom to others may be easy, asking for help is tougher than it looks, and following your own advice is even harder.
Kasie West's adorable story of secrets, love, and friendship is sure to win over hearts everywhere.
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Review
I have always enjoyed Kasie's contemporary books, so was looking forward to this one all the same. In Listen to Your Heart, Kate ends up being forced to co-host a podcast at school, which is definitely out of her comfort zone. She's at home on the lake, and being around people, especially her arch nemesis, Frank, but her best friend, Alana, is there to help her get through it. An advice podcast, they start getting phone calls in from a mystery guy, who has feelings for someone but doesn't know how to go about telling them. Kate is adamant that the caller is Diego, who works at the local tutor centre, is her friend, and Alana has the biggest crush on. Kate tries to get them together, but the more that she is near him, the more she starts to develop her own feelings for him. What can she do? Does she ignore them in order for her friend to be happy, or see if he reciprocates her feelings?
As much as I love Kasie's work, I think this was one of my least favourites of hers. P.S. I Like You, will always be my favourite, but this time around I just couldn't connect with the characters or the plot, really. I enjoyed it, but wasn't invested as much as I normally am with her stories. The characters didn't have anything wrong with them, but there was nothing really standing out. The best thing about the book was the podcast plot line, as I've never really known anything about them, so that was good. I will be reading more of Kasie's books in future, but was disappointed with this.
Dates Read:
January 12, 2020
Rating
3 Stars
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