Every Reason We Shouldn’t — Blog Tour — Book Review

BOOK INFORMATION


Book: Every Reason We Shouldn’t (Every Reason We Shouldn’t #1)
Author: Sara Fujimura
Publisher: Tor Teen
Release Date: March 3rd 2020
Genre: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Sports, Fiction, Teen, Cultural

Synopsis:

Warning: Contains family expectations, delightful banter, great romantic tension, skating (all kinds!), Korean pastries, and all the feels.

Fifteen-year-old, biracial figure skater Olivia Kennedy’s Olympic dreams have ended. She’s bitter, but enjoying life as a regular teenager instead of an athlete… until Jonah Choi starts training at her family’s struggling rink. Jonah’s driven, talented, going for the Olympics in speed skating, completely annoying… and totally gorgeous. Between teasing Jonah, helping her best friend try out for roller derby, figuring out life as a normal teen and keeping the family business running, Olivia’s got her hands full. But will rivalry bring her closer to Jonah, or drive them apart?

Every Reason We Shouldn’t by Sara Fujimura is a charming multicultural romance perfect for the many fans of Jenny Han and Rainbow Rowell.

BOOK LINKS


Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/45043735-every-reason-we-shouldn-t
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3fCkL0J
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/every-reason-we-shouldnt-sara-fujimura/1131253784?ean=9781250204073
iTunes: https://books.apple.com/br/book/every-reason-we-shouldnt/id1459876020
Bookdepository: https://www.bookdepository.com/Every-Reason-We-Shouldnt-Sara-Fujimura/9781250204080?ref=grid-view&qid=1589210853618&sr=1-1
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/every-reason-we-shouldn-t
Google Books: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Sara_Fujimura_Every_Reason_We_Shouldn_t?id=yUaSDwAAQBAJ

AUTHOR INFORMATION


SARA FUJIMURA is an award-winning young adult author and creative writing teacher. She is the American half of her Japanese-American family, and has written about Japanese culture and raising bicultural children for such magazines as Appleseeds, Learning Through History, East West, and Mothering, as well as travel-related articles for To Japan With Love. Her self-published young adult novels include Tanabata Wish and Breathe. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and children.

AUTHOR LINKS


Website: https://www.sarafujimura.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16744610.Sara_Fujimura
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarafujimura/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaraFujimura
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saraffujimura/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.es/saraffujimura/

REVIEW

Being born to Asian parents is in itself a job of great responsibility. Being a South-east Asian myself, I know. This story too promises the drama. I liked that a sport, other than the same old, has been chosen as the premise of this story – Skating. Very interesting.
What saddened me is, there is not much Asian-ness which I had expected. It was too diluted. Both the protagonists are partly Asians so there should have been the essence of their Asian origin in the story. But it felt like a usual American story. The usual quirks were missing.

RATING: 3.5/5

TOUR SCHEDULE


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