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I didn't really know what THE BEST KIND OF MAGIC was about going into it, because I saw the promises of magic and romance and I was sold.
Let me tell you, this book is much, much, much more focused on romance than magic. Yeah, the main character's main form of magic is matchmaking, but it's not explained at all. The magic system is not really touched on; it's just a plot device and we're like yeah, okay, magic exists. Cool. Despite my disappointment on finding that this book would be more focused on romance than magic, I still enjoyed reading it. I am a sucker for any romance story, and I had a bit of the feels™ while reading it, but I wasn't really blown away by said romance or anything like that. One of the elements that I think was holding me back from fully enjoying this book was the writing. I didn't notice it at the beginning, but as the novel went on, I felt like the author was trying a bit too hard to write from a typical teenager's perspective. I don't know about other teenagers, but I usually don't think "UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH", and I definitely wouldn't include said thoughts in such a way if I was writing about my experience. But that's just me. The characters were also pretty... well, stereotypical. I noticed a few ~I'm not like other girls~ lines or "what more could a girl want?! I'm so quirky and cool!" that weren't appreciated. The main love interest was, again, unremarkable. I would also like to point out that I have absolutely no idea what any of the characters look like, so I can't comment on the diversity of characters. I don't know if I missed something, but there was just such a lack of description all around, and if I were to try to draw the characters (despite my lack of drawing skills), I wouldn't even know where to begin. Another one of the elements that held me back from loving THE BEST KIND OF MAGIC was the obvious plot. I wasn't really shocked by anything that happened, and a lot of things are still unexplained, but I'll be reading the sequel because I'm a sucker for a quick, enjoyable romance story. Oops? All in all, this book wasn't incredibly remarkable in any way, but it was enjoyable and fast-paced. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick read with casual, unexplained magic and a cute, entertaining romance.
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