This is not my battle. Please, talk to each other to fix this. I can’t do anything to change your mind. Aideen: I rooted for Aideen all the way through. I rooted for her to find her own voice. For her to finally trust someone. For her to let someone into her life. For her to stand up for herself and chose to make herself happy for once. Her arc throughout this story was inspirational, heartwarming and amazing.

Aideen is a heroine you love almost immediately - her narrative voice gripped me with it's humorous tone and compelled me to finish the book in under 24 hours. And the story itself is really heartwarming, with her going from an almost-loner to amassing a group of assorted friends through her little troubleshooter/favour-for-favour system. She's witty and sarcastic, but she also has a lot of heart and is always willing to help - even people she doesn't know. She's a really good egg. I enjoyed Ciara Smyth's debut The Falling In Love Montage, but on a personal level I connected to this one much more and found it much funnier so it's by far my favourite of Smyth's two books so far. Definitely recommend. Are you trying to say “that’s not my problem” in a polite way? Well, that can be quite difficult. After all, the phrase isn’t necessarily polite in the first place.The love interest (I forget her name sorry) was really bland? And boring? And I don't really understand why the fmc was so taken with her. She was supposed to be the typical teenage girl desperate for academic validation...which I could enjoy...but it was so superficially written? There was like 0 nuance to it, and even though I don't think there's anything wrong with the YA genre itself, sometimes if feels like an excuse for the author to write something that's unsubstancial. I mean, this girl is supposed to be all try hard, do-gooder yet she has an obsession with Hillary Clinton? Excuse me? It shows you don’t have the patience to deal with their complaints. However, you should be careful with it as it will insult some customers (and they could complain to your manager!) Aideen has plenty of problems she can’t fix. Her best (and only) friend is pulling away. Her mother’s drinking problem is a constant concern. She’s even running out of outlandish diseases to fake so she can skip PE. Too busy? You can’t foresee there being time to help with other people‘s concerns or issues. You may have so much on your plate from your normal day that adding anything extra is impossible. You feel that it’s not your problem because you feel underappreciated or taken advantage of by your peers? This is common if you often help others but don’t ask for help in return. It can be painful to be always giving and never receiving.

I was looking for something a la She Drives Me Crazy, but I didn't get it here. If you're between Not My Problem and She Drives Me Crazy, I definitely recommend the latter. It is rude to say “that’s not my problem.” It’s a very dismissive statement showing you do not care about someone or their problem. like The Falling in Love Montage this was also funny af and had me laughing out loud several times. there was also humour and levity in serious situations but it also managed to stay serious when the situation called for it. Find common ground” is a simple and polite alternative. Again, it works best when multiple people have a problem that they can’t manage.I don’t want to get involved” is a simple phrase that shows you are not interested in someone else’s fight. the family related subplot was once again just... very sad. YA contemporary romance really doesn't shy away from the harshness of reality, there's always a very deep and meaningful discussion to be had about problems that actually concern many people. it makes me appreciate YA contemporaries a lot, i realised. Adult romance is often just... - well.