{"id":5208,"date":"2020-07-18T16:49:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T23:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2020-07-18T16:49:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T23:49:30","slug":"review-what-you-wish-for-katherine-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/07\/18\/review-what-you-wish-for-katherine-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: What You Wish For &#8211; Katherine Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/51168993._SY475_.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: What You Wish For &#8211; Katherine Center\" title=\"Review: What You Wish For &#8211; Katherine Center\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>What You Wish For<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/katherine-center\/\">Katherine Center<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/st-martins-press\/\">St. Martin's Press<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> July 14, 2020 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 320 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p><b>From Katherine Center, the <i>New York Times<\/i> bestselling author of <i>How to Walk Away<\/i> comes a stunning new novel full of heart and hope.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Samantha Casey loves everything about her job as an elementary school librarian on the sunny, historic island of Galveston, Texas\u2014the goofy kids, the stately Victorian building, the butterfly garden. But when the school suddenly loses its beloved principal, it turns out his replacement will be none other than Duncan Carpenter\u2014a former, unrequited crush of Sam\u2019s from many years before.<\/p>\n<p>When Duncan shows up as her new boss, though, he\u2019s nothing like the sweet teacher she once swooned over. He\u2019s become stiff, and humorless, and obsessed with school safety. Now, with Duncan determined to destroy everything Sam loves about her school in the name of security\u2014and turn it into nothing short of a prison\u2014Sam has to stand up for everyone she cares about before the school that\u2019s become her home is gone for good.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250219361\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/what-you-wish-for\/id1485251151\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/what-you-wish-for-katherine-center\/1132911598?ean=9781250219367&st=AFF&2sid=Goodreads,%20Inc_2227948_NA&sourceId=AFFGoodreads,%20Inc\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/what-you-wish-for-21\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kobo.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Kobo\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781250219367\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/what-you-wish-for-9781250219367\/9781250219367\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bookshop.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Bookshop\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/51168993-what-you-wish-for\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/3stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0002_3-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"3 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/contemporary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0007_contemporary.png?fit=140%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"contemporary icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/m-f\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/categories_0003_m_f-copy.png?fit=80%2C101&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"m\/f\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/romance\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"82\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0017_romance.png?fit=82%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"romance icon\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2020-07-18T23:49:30+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nContent warnings: \\r\\n\\r\\nI am absolute trash for the grumpy\\\/sunshine trope so of course I was very excited to read about the clash between a joyful librarian and a stuffed shirt principal. 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Unfortunately, this one didn&#8217;t quite hit the mark for me. There are things that I find acceptable in a completely made-up context (fantasy, scifi, paranormal) that I&#8217;m more likely to bounce off of in a contemporary or historical, and this has them in spades. There are so many boundary issues that I spent a good part of the book cringing. I finally realized that between the utopia of an elementary school with a gorgeous library and fun child-centered curriculum and the idyllically perfect Galveston Island community, this was essentially occurring in some sort of alternate reality, and after that I began to enjoy the book more.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe had a big, friendly smile filled with big, friendly teeth. He was handsome without trying. He had a magnetic quality that was almost physical. If he was in a room with other humans in it for any amount of time, there\u2019d be a group of them gathered around him by the end. He emitted some kind of sunshine that we all wanted to soak up.\u201d<br \/>\nMe included.<br \/>\nMe especially.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I really wanted to like Sam, and I respected her zeal for seizing joy and her courage in standing up for the school she loved. But she also had a tendency towards boundary crashing and just utterly random TSTL actions (she jumps off a pier at one point. Yes, really). She reminds me of one of those wacky Hallmark movie heroines, especially when it comes to meeting the new principal, Duncan.\u00a0Sam had a humongous crush on him when they worked together at a school in California, and it was so bad she actually moved to another school to get away from him (?!?!) when she thought he was getting married. He was charming, charismatic, and generally excelled at being goofy and getting the kids and everyone else around him to participate in his wacky antics. Even moving away, she half-wished she could run into him again to show him that she was no longer the mousey drab person she used to be. Unfortunately, Duncan is now some three-piece suit stiff who seems determined to run the school into the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Sam has had epilepsy since she was a kid, and her frequent attacks led her to being ostracized at school and her father abandoning her family. Even after she went into remission, she preferred to stay in the background. But after a reoccurrence as an adult that left her questioning her worth, Max, the founder and principal of the school, advised her to find joy in the little things, whether it&#8217;s wearing a silly hat or dying her bangs pink. She finds a lot of that joy in her job as a librarian at the school, so Duncan&#8217;s attempts to secure the school &#8211; like painting over the meticulously hand-painted murals for safety reasons &#8211; is not just an attack on the school but also an attack on her.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat is this called? Is this extortion?\u201d He thought about it. \u201cBribery? Blackmail?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI think they call this \u2018the kindness of strangers.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDoesn\u2019t feel all that kind.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s patently obvious to the reader why Duncan is so security focused, but Sam and the rest of the characters don&#8217;t find out until halfway through the book, and that&#8217;s due to some particularly egregious boundary crashing. For reasons that only make sense in a romcom, Sam ends up picking Duncan up after surgery and while he&#8217;s high as a kite on an amnesiac drug, not only does a nurse reveal that Duncan likes her, she also discovers that he was a victim of a school shooting. She even ends up kissing him, which, to her credit, she immediately regrets. That doesn&#8217;t stop her from deciding to save the school by &#8220;fixing&#8221; him. Through another convoluted chain of events, Sam and her friends end up blackmailing Duncan into doing a joyful thing every day, from juggling at lunchtime to eating an ice cream sundae to getting therapy for his obvious PTSD. I actually found the descriptions of these acts &#8211; most of which ended up being &#8220;dates&#8221; for Sam and Duncan &#8211; sweetly endearing, but unfortunately it was just a small part of the latter half of the book.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the big head-scratchers for me, Sam&#8217;s militant that Duncan needs therapy but doesn&#8217;t seem to think she needs anything other than Max&#8217;s &#8220;seek joy&#8221; wisdom. The way she feels about her epilepsy &#8211; and her father&#8217;s abandonment &#8211; felt particularly toxic to me, and I didn&#8217;t feel like there was any pushback in the book about how unhealthy it was. It&#8217;s mentioned more than once that since her epilepsy reoccured, she refused to date because she thought she was now unloveable. This briefly comes up as part of the dark moment but then is seemingly hand-waved away.\u00a0I also didn&#8217;t care much for the rivalry between Sam and Tina, Max and Babette&#8217;s actual daughter, who&#8217;s the wife of the bad guy board director and the mother of the precious oceanographer plot moppet. Sam sees herself as practically an adopted daughter of those two &#8211; she even lives in an apartment on their property &#8211; but it&#8217;s just another symptom of her family issues around her illness. And despite the fact that a good deal of the plot revolved around the aftermath of a school shooting, I never really felt like the severity of the topic was truly addressed. Sure, they agree some changes need to be made at the school but&#8230;. that&#8217;s it? It&#8217;s a complicated topic, and not one that some juggling or dance lessons is going to solve.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a choice,\u201d I went on, feeling like I needed to make him see. \u201cA choice to value the good things that matter. A choice to rise above everything that could pull you down. A choice to look misery right in the eyes . . . and then give it the finger.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSo it\u2019s a hostile kind of joy.\u201d<br \/>\nHe was mocking me. \u201cSometimes,\u201d I said defiantly.<br \/>\n\u201cIs that a real thing though?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a deliberate kind of joy. It\u2019s a conscious kind of joy. It\u2019s joy <em>on purpose<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A lot of this review has been about what I didn&#8217;t like in the book, but I did generally enjoy the book. My criticisms basically all stem from it being a little too over-the-top and Hallmark-y, but I can easily see why someone would love this book. I loved the message about choosing joy &#8211; that joy isn&#8217;t necessarily one big thing but a collection of tiny things. It resonated with me and I thought Sam did an amazing job expressing it.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the book didn&#8217;t work for me, but I think if you&#8217;re someone looking for a sweet romcom who doesn&#8217;t mind ridiculous hijinx, this might just be for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content warnings: I am absolute trash for the grumpy\/sunshine trope so of course I was very excited to read about the clash between a joyful librarian and a stuffed shirt principal. Unfortunately, this one didn&#8217;t quite hit the mark for me. 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