Title: Going Bicoastal
Author: Dahlia Adler
Published: June 13, 2023
Format: e-ARC
My Rating: 4 stars/5
Synopsis: Natalya Fox has twenty-four hours to make the biggest choice of her life: stay home in NYC for the summer with her dad (and finally screw up the courage to talk to the girl she’s been crushing on), or spend it with her basically estranged mom in LA (knowing this is the best chance she has to fix their relationship, if she even wants to.) (Does she want to?)
How’s a girl supposed to choose?
She can’t, and so both summers play out in alternating timelines – one in which Natalya explores the city, tries to repair things with her mom, works on figuring out her future, and goes for the girl she’s always wanted. And one in which Natalya explores the city, tries to repair things with her mom, works on figuring out her future, and goes for the guy she never saw coming.
My thoughts from the Vault
Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC of this book. I chose to review it and this in no way impacts my opinion of it.
I have read a few Dahlia Adler books before and have not been disappointed yet so when I saw Going Bicoastal was up on Netgalley, I knew I had to request it. When I was approved, I couldn’t wait to start reading it.
I was incredibly intrigued by the idea of a book following two different timelines and being able to see what would have happened if Natalya had chosen different. I found this to be incredibly well done and I found it easy to follow along and know which timeline I was in while reading.
I loved being able to experience the safe and the risky options for Natalya’s summer. I wish we had the option to experience life this way as well so we could see risk vs. reward in life but I suppose that would take away the experience of life. It was exciting to watch Natalya learn and grow throughout both timelines and see how each one benefitted her.
I really enjoyed the bisexual representation in this novel as the world most definitely needs more of it! I never felt as though the representation was too much or too little and believe it to be good representation!
I loved the characters in this book and it was such a fun read that I’ll be highly recommending this novel to everyone.
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