Cassie's Reviews > Yes No Maybe So

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

This book was very good and I enjoyed it immensely. I thought it was just going to be this cute rom com type of story, and sure, it was. But, it was so much more than that. It honestly took me by surprise with how relevant it was, with religion, politics, even what people will do to go viral on the internet.

I’m a white cis woman, so perhaps take this review with a grain of salt, but I felt like the religion was handled in a respectful way and I appreciated that a lot. The topics that were controversial in here, I thought were handled in the correct ways. It made me so angry with what Maya and her family have to go through, because it’s what Muslim people go through daily, and it makes my blood boil because they’re just people trying to live their lives and this world is so corrupt and ehdiwosnwksjxh. I hate it. And this book focuses a lot on that and the whole point was to get me mad, so kudos to Becky and Aisha because that’s what they were going for and it worked.

I loved the family relationships and also the friendships. The family drama was both precious and sad. I also really liked Maya and Jamie together. They always supported one another, and they were just all-around adorable.

The only reason why I’m not giving this five stars is because of the ending. I thought it ended abruptly and when I clicked to go to the next page and saw that it was over, I was like, “really? That’s it?” Like, it was cute, sure, but it also wasn’t a happy ending and I thought there would at least be an epilogue or something. But, maybe it was ended this way because there could be a sequel or at least a companion novel? I don’t know, but it took me by surprise and I didn’t really care for it. I thought there could have been a little more to it, you know? I can’t say why because of spoilers, but I felt like the story would have been better with some sort of epilogue or like a “X amount of months/years later” sort of thing.

Overall, I highly recommend reading this when it comes out! It’s very well written, and has just enough cuteness to it while also being completely relevant to our world today.

Thank you so much to Edelweiss for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Yes No Maybe So is set to be released February 2020.