NetGalley ARC Review
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If you are familiar with Robby from his social media presence, it should come as no surprise that much of his personality was poured into this debut novel.
For those who aren’t familiar, IYCYM not only provides an entertaining romantic comedy that is a breeze to read and get swept up in, but serves as a successful introduction to Robby; as a person with a confident voice, plus as a new young author with great potential.
Robby’s second standalone novel will be released in 2023.
IYCYM is a nice homage to the romcom film genre, especially those of classic Hollywood — hopefully the youths are just as invested in the films of Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Humphrey Bogart as they are with Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Meg Ryan, and Tom Hanks, all of whom are lovingly alluded to in the book — or will hopefully spark curiosity out of potential film buffs.
The importance of family, friends, and where you’re at in the world at this moment as a young person are all at the heart of this novel. Robby does a great job of tapping into the YA voice, even with a few welcome dashes of old school/old soul vibes. Nothing the characters do seem out of touch or false
from today’s reality which is always something important with any YA novel written by someone not currently living in, or on the edge of, the target demo and audience.
If there were one thing to note, the screenplay pages — while a nice addition — might have made a nice “bonus” in a deluxe edition with all of the excerpts compiled together in the back of the book rather than interspersed after each chapter. (Similar to how, I will be using a reference from IYCYM, Tarantino added a fictitious TV script for Leonardo DiCaprio’s character at the end of the deluxe edition of the novel adaptation of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.) The touching final moments of the last chapter felt sidelined when the final resolution comes from an
excerpt of the screenplay.
That minor thing aside, this was a wonderful read and I look forward to continuing to follow Robby’s progress and updates on social media with his follow-up novels.
IYCYM showed us a side of him that was both relatable and familiar (sometimes too relatable for someone who went through a similar situation as Harry did in the book — #itme) and I’m curious to what other sides of Robby we will see in his future stories.
Bravo on your debut!
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
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