Save Steve: A Review
Hi Friends!
This book was SO fun and full of antics, making me love every second of it!
Save Steve follows our main characters Kaia and Cam, who are best friend's and advocates on a mission to change the world. One day, Cam goes to the popular kid (Steve)'s party and gets himself into some trouble with Steve and finds out that the girl he has been crushing on (Kaia) is dating Steve, who he hates. He then finds out that Steve has Cancer and is thrust into campaigning Save Steve, to help raise funds for his family to pay medical bills due to the Cancer. A lot of crazy antics and pranks come from that.
First off, I loved how Steve loved Cardi B and she was in so many scenes in this book because I love her and she's my Queen.
Secondly, I loved reading about the pranks that Steve would make Cam do to raise money and how Cam did it, no matter how embarrassing, and from that, we see Steve and Cam's friendship grow and the two really began to open up to one another. There were so many scenes of banter between Cam and Steve that had me laughing to myself like a lunatic. Steve had such a crazy, free-spirit whereas Cam was more reserved and politically correct. Despite their differences, I felt like Steve and Cam really learned a lot from one another. It was a nice change to have a male character narrate the story as opposed to the typical female. Steve was really unlikable at first and kind of an ass, but I felt like he was really opening up to Cam and redeeming himself towards the end of the book. Kaia felt kind of like a useless character to me, and she didn't really add much to the story besides being a big plot point.
The writing is so laid-back and easy to follow. It flows and it feels natural. There is sarcasm in the writing that gives the story a lot of depth and makes the experience that much more enjoyable. The writing made you want to not put the book down and know what would happen next. There were a lot of themes present in this book as well, which I always enjoy when a book has multi-layers and is able to pull it off well.
Overall, this was a fun and cute read. I really enjoyed my experience with it and feel like it is going to be a popular one among the YA audience. I definitely want to pick up this author duo's debut novel, Unpregnant, sooner rather than later!
Overall rating: 4 Stars
Casting Call:
Cam Webber: Cole Sprouse
