KATE IN WAITING By Becky Albertalli

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Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
Published by Balzer + Bray on 4/20/21
Genres: Contemporary, LGBT, Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 400
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
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Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Carpooling to and from theater rehearsals? Environmentally sound and efficient. Consulting each other on every single life decision? Basic good judgment. Pining for the same guys from afar? Shared crushes are more fun anyway.

But when Kate and Andy’s latest long-distance crush shows up at their school, everything goes off-script. Matt Olsson is talented and sweet, and Kate likes him. She really likes him. The only problem? So does Anderson.

Turns out, communal crushes aren’t so fun when real feelings are involved. This one might even bring the curtains down on Kate and Anderson’s friendship.

Short and Sweet Review

Kate and Anderson have been friends for a long time! Though they may seem codependent, they’re not, even though they actually do almost everything together. So when their crush from summer camp, Matt ends up going to their school they decide that this can be a communal crush. But Kate and Anderson soon learn that communal crushes aren’t fun when actual feelings become involved.

As soon as the book starts we see the friendship between Kate and Anderson, they really consult each other on everything. They also have two other friends Brandie and Raina that are in their group. Once they realize Matt is going to their school they decide that this can be a communal crush and this is where the trouble begins. So everyone that is important in this book is in the play so theirs lots of rehearsals. Matt and Anderson have a class together, and Kate sees Matt during rehearsals and also at her house. Even though Anderson and Kate promised that they would be happy for each other when it comes to stuff happening with Matt we can see that each of them begin to get jealous of each other. I will say that’s the only thing that bothered me, they would be okay and promise not to get mad but then a few chapters later one of them would get jealous and it became a cycle. I think my favorite part of this book was Noah. Noah and Kate used to be friends but now he’s more so her brothers friend. But now Noah is in the school play so there’s lots of him to go around. I honestly preferred Noah and Kate he just had so much to offer and he was sweet and really trying to make an effort. There’s nothing wrong with Matt but there wasn’t much chemistry but with Noah and Kate it’s flying off the page.

This was a pretty good I liked the friendships and the family relationships. Also the romantic relationships and how those all came about. I really loved reading about the play rehearsals and how most of the drama took place there. Thinking back I like this book a lot more than I thought I did despite the drama ring around. Definitely pick this book up!