LM Augustine’s Click to Subscribe blog tour [review+giveaway]

Hi guys! I’m so thrilled to be part of Click to Subscribe blog tour. This tour is hosted by Sel from Bookcase to Heaven.

Click to Subscribe is LM Augustine’s first novel, which is kind of unbelievable, with the amount of love I have for the book, and the expertise I saw in the way it was written. Anyway, he is surely one of my new fave authors! :)

For my tour stop, I have my review of Click to Subscribe below, plus a giveaway! 

enjoy!

 Title: Click to Subscribe

Author: LM Augustine

252 pages 

Published May 9th 2013.

Buy links: Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | B&N | Smashwords

1,135,789. That’s how many subscribers sixteen-year-old West Ryder has on his web vlog series. But he only has eyes for one of them. 

As one of the internet’s most prestigious video bloggers, West talks about high school relationships under the name “Sam Green.” As far as he knows, no one from school, not even his best friend, Cat, has seen his videos. But the highlight of the whole thing is Harper Knight, who comments every day at exactly 2:02 in the afternoon. He doesn’t know anything about her aside from the occasional deep philosophical messaging on why pizza tastes so delicious, but as stupid as it sounds, he might be falling for her. So when they finally agree to meet in real life, West’s hope for romance seems more and more in reach. But that all changes as soon as he arrives at their meeting spot and sees Cat walking toward him, wearing the same “I <3 green="" sam="" t-shirt="">

To his alarm, West realizes he is falling in love with the best friend who has always been a sister to him.

     Best friend turned lovers kind of stories always make me feel giddy in a way no other kind of story does, and Click to Subscribe definitely belongs to that rank. It’s sweet and short (not really super short) and easy to read, it just has that quality of perfect bittersweetness that will make you continue reading it until you reach the last page. I was definitely swooning and giggling all that time, I swear I looked like an idiot if you just saw me laughing and squealing by myself. haha. Thinking about it embarrasses me,lol.

     Anyway, Click to Subscribe reminds me of Jennifer E. Smith’s This is What Happy Looks Like, for the mere fact of the internet thing, but other than that Click to Subscribe is originally its own. I don’t know how pseudo-intelligent and smart sarcasm conversations in between characters just appeals to me but it does. And I like how West and Cat (the main characters in this book) have those kinds of witty conversations. It’s just funny. And hilarious. And it makes me want to have those kinds of conversations with someone equally smart and witty. Life would definitely rock and endless talks like that would make my days worthwhile. It’s the kind of conversations that lift up the spirits even if you’re facing the biggest baddest problem ever and you’re in your lowest of the low. It perfectly reflects the phrase “ray of light in my darkness”, or something like that.

     Oh and the characters! I liked West as the narrator. His mind is very much what I expect a teenage boy’s is. he is actually thoughtful and smart. And honest. And he is actually vulnerable. There were times you just would like to bump his head, but I actually understood where he is coming from. And oh wow, Cat! what a girl! She is just so brave! She is sooo gutsy! I admire that girl, if only I can be like her. She basically threw herself in front of a train! Dude. wow.

    This novel will make you swoon and laugh and giggle and cry. Well, at least I did. It’s touching and entertaining.

     L.M. Augustine captured my heart and his writing is just badass and entertaining I will want to read more of his works. Kind of reminds me of John Green’s books too. :)

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Author Bio:

L.M. Augustine is a YA romance author who is obsessed with writing about dorky teenagers, love, and happy endings. He currently lives in New England, where he spends far too much time reading books and screaming at his computer, and he believes that the solution to the world’s problems can be found in chocolate cake. Click To Subscribe is his first novel, but it won’t be his last.

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