I'll start by saying a huge thank you to Jessica Salina for the ARC for her latest novel, Stuck on the Slopes. 🥰
⭐️⭐️⭐️,5
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I had a lot of fun reading this book, it was quick and efficient, and overall really good.
I have docked a few stars because of personal preference. I am really uneducated about Jewish culture, which was very present in this book (which is absolutely fine, and really interesting) so I wish the author would have been more descriptive, or explained the different aspects of the culture, or the words, or things, that were used throughout the book. I had to Google a lot of things yo know what they were, which is fine, but I would have preferred for the author to answer those questions in the book itself. Once again, this is purely because of my own lack of knowledge about Jewish culture, not a reflection of what everybody will experience reading this book.
The story was good, even if the jumps in time were sometimes a bit steep and gave the characters a whole new behavior that seems unexplainable, until you realise a month has actually passed, and only then does it make sense.
Juniper is a whole mood, he is perfect, and I love him with all my heart. Truly, I just want to hug him and never let him go, but this grouch would surely brush me off, so I'll leave that to Rachel. Also, Sasquatch is absolutely the best part of this book, and I almost wish he would have been even more on page. 🐕🦺
Anyway ! It was a good book overall, and I definitely recommend you give it a try, especially if you can connect with the characters more than I could as a non-Jewish, non-chronic pain suffering reader. (Although I have to sciaticas so I guess I can relate to Juniper on that note)
Stuck on the Slopes comes out on May 13th, so be sure to grap your copy ✨️