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It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood is a romance novel surrounding 18 year old Natalie. Natalie faces changes in her life when she is about to graduate her senior year of high school. Her parents were getting a divorce and her crush and best friend started dating. As it is labeled as romance, Alex is seen as a comfort character to Natalie but there wasn’t any real chemistry apart from the comedy and insanely cute banters. Their relationship felt unreal to me because their conversations were literal interrogations. I felt like Alex’s presence wouldn’t change anything if he wasn’t in the book, Natalie was the only person on her side, she herself coped through her worries. The characters Nina wrote gave me second-hand embarrassment because of the awkwardness seen throughout Natalie’s interactions. I feel like most teenagers would relate to the quote, “I’m eighteen, and sometimes I would still want to stand up and scream, this isn’t really me.” I recommend this book as a light read and I would give this a 3.5 rating. ~KK
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It Sounded Better in My Head
By Nina Kenwood
A tender, funny, and joyful novel about longing, confusion, feeling left out, and first love perfect for fans of Emergency Contact
Eighteen year-old Natalie has suffered every adolescent indignity when her parents announce their impending divorce. She can’t understand why no one is fighting, or seems at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best (and only) friends, hook up, leaving Natalie feeling slightly miffed. It’s not the version of her life she’d always imagined — the version that played out like a TV show, with just the right amount of playful banter and meaningful looks. Then an unexpected romance shake things up even further. For Natalie, who’s never been kissed – never been on a date – everything is changing...