by TPS reader Nagdar26
For my first book this semester, I chose to read The Breakup Support Group by Cheyanne Young. The book follows a high school senior, Isla Rush, as she navigates through getting her heart broken by her boyfriend of over four years and falling in love again. The story starts by introducing the readers to Isla and her life at the school in Texas she’s attended all her life. She has the perfect football player boyfriend, and her life is excellent up until he breaks up with her at a party a few weeks before school starts up again. Isla’s boyfriend, Nate, breaks up with her because of a rezoning policy designed by the city that forces her to leave her life at her school behind and switch schools before senior year to another school across town. The rest of the book is about her adjusting to her new life and school, including her joining a club called the “Breakup Support Group,” where she makes new friends, including a boy named Emory. While Isla navigates her new life, she also falls in love with Emory while still getting over Nate. This book was a quick and easy read although the cringey lines and overall plot made the book feel lacking. However, it was a light-hearted book with plenty of swoon-worthy moments and dramatic instances which helped cover up for the lack of an actual plot. It felt repetitive with continuous meetings of the Breakup Support Group talking about the same things repeatedly. Overall, I would rate this book a 5/10 and would recommend it to someone who wants an easy, romantic, quick read with light-hearted characters.
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