Elisha Reads For U 's Reviews > Twin Tides

** spoiler alert ** Okay I low-key don't know how I feel about this one. Btw thank you Netgalley and the publisher for giving me this ARC!

There was a lot going on and important themes and grief which was very heartfelt, but somehow I found myself checking chapters and skimming to the end. There was a bunch of characters and names that felt like placeholder ones introduced at once which scattered my brain from focus on at a time.

My main issue: The story felt like many subplots competing to be the main one. There's Aria's issue with school and the aunt being sick. Castile (?) who lives a type influencer life but that was put on the back burner. Did she quit or did she not? And the mother's mysterious death which was sad. But also a surprise twin reveal which was supposed to be more shocking, but it left more to be desired.

What I wanted: I really wanted to sit with the characters on this profound news that they have a long lost twin. They simply saw each other was confused, sad, angry all at once and began to talk each other like this was a normal Tuesday. Where's the rejection to this the pushback of their new life? Just accepting there situation doesn't make the story interesting.

Positives: I loved the different character arcs for the twins and how being Vietnamese in America affected them. And I love getting informed about their experience which is important to know. I liked Philip and Aria's love story as well super cute to read 💕

Negatives: Some cursing, the POVs could be confusing because we're told we're in Aria's pov but we still know what Castile is thinking somehow.

Christian content: none. His name was taken in vain a lot times here though.