Hi friends! So today I'm going to be doing a review on "Uncover" by Faith Fawcett. This review is going to be short and sweet (like the title suggests) and spoiler free (however there will be the Goodreads synopsis in this and sometimes it can contain spoilers so please keep that in mind!)
"Faith Fawcett's latest YA release! The perfect coming - of - age with a sapphic twist!
"It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks. What matters is that I love you and you love me" Ellie - Mae, sixteen and nervous after moving schools in exam year, becomes fast friends with boy - obsessed Sasha. She can be a little bit crazy and hectic but there's just something about her... Something different.
As the two girls become closer, caught up in a three - hundred year old mystery, feelings begin to blossom. But 'hanging out' doesn't feel so simple anymore, not when mere touches sends flickers of butterflies into Ellie's stomach.
But she's never liked a girl before, let alone been in love."
So the reason I wanted to read this book is because I follow Faith on tiktok and saw her advertise this story and thought this would absolutely be right up my alley. Friends, I'm not going to lie, I'm a little 50/50 with this book. First let's talk about the good. This book is incredibly stinking cute. As y'all know I love a queer book with good female friendship, and the friendship dynamic between these characters is so good most of the time. The mystery that they were trying to solve really kept me on the edge of my seat throughout most of the book, and I was rooting for them to get the answers that they deserved. The characters were very fun and relatable, and were so easy to empathise with. Now for the downside, as much as the friendship dynamic between the characters was good most of the time, the lack of communication in some chapters did not make sense considering they were actually so good at communicating with each other in other chapters. I left the book feeling slightly disappointed that we didn't have all the answers and truly felt like the girls would not have stopped there considering the momentum of the rest of the book. Do I think this was a cute light queer YA mystery to get into? Yes. Do I also wish there was more answers and depth to the story than there was? Also yes. Will this stop me reading any more of Faith's books? Absolutely not, I will be picking up another the moment I'm back up to date with my ARCs. I just think I went into this book expecting more than I should have, and that's honestly on me.
I gave this book a 4/5 star rating on Goodreads.
What did you think of this book? Do you have any books you'd recommend for me to read and do a review on? Please let me know down in the comments below!
Have a wonderful day!
Love, Doe!
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