Each story in the book is set during the COVID pandemic and quarantine, when the world was basically shut down for months. Each story is a hopeful and sweet YA journey that really demonstrated so much of the fear, confusion, worry, and (yes, again) hope that we have all been feeling over the past year. Even more, I think these stories will all be so important for teenagers experiencing the disappointments of things like missing out on prom, graduation, friendship experiences, etc. I laughed and smiled a lot. I got a big emotional. But none of the stories brought me to tears, and I am an emotional reader. Each of these stories was so sweet, and they were all so diverse and different. I really enjoyed that. I’m not huge on short stories, but I felt these were perfect in length and gave me just enough to connect with the characters and look forward to the future and feel a sense of excitement for what’s to come.


I just wish I would’ve went in with the expectation of all happy endings. That would have completely changed my experience while reading. Instead, hindsight is a bit closer to 20/20.




Goodreads rating: ★★★★☆