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Natasha Friend is a wonderful writer and storyteller! The friendship between Quinn (she has alopecia areata and has lost all her hair) and Nick (tragically injured in an accident) is sweet and heartfelt.

And as a mother whose daughter has alopecia, it’s nice to see awareness about the issue, but even more, I enjoyed reading a YA novel that fosters overall empathy. Everyone’s fighting a battle of some sort. For Quinn and Nick, it just happens to be visible.

How We Roll is a great, quick read. I highly recommend it!


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How We Roll Natasha Friend Books Reviews

I got an ARC of this book.

I was all about this book. Do you see that cover? YES! I was all excited for characters with varying degrees of mobility. I was all excited for my first character with alopecia. The book didn't quite deliver on what the description said, which is shocking that I noticed since I actually read a description fully this time.

The main plots of the book can be broken down into four plots
1.Quinn dealing with her alopecia/her past.
2. Jake dealing with his accident (and his brother for causing it)
3. Quin and Jake's potential romance
4. Julius being a nine year old with autism. 

So the back of the cover talks about 1-3. However the main plot just always felt like it was 4. There was so much focus on Julius that all the other drama felt secondary. Jake dealing with his brother causing the accident (which was why this mentioned in the small description, took away an emotional punch) happened around an incident with Julius trying to set a world record. Quinn dealing with her past, again revolves around Julius since her mother is so wrapped up in trying to keep Julius calm that Quinn doesn't feel like her issues matter. Quinn is also incredibly embarrassed by her brother, so that impacts how she can interact with Jake, she only lets Jake know about Julius because she was hiding her hair loss. 

So while I wanted to love this book, I only liked it. It was fun. It was sweet. There was sexual assault and sexual harassment talked about frankly. Quinn handled it on her own and wasn't emotionally traumatized by it. Instead it read as a way for people to see a range of responses to sexual trauma. Quinn's mother ad father were beyond upset and she was like "it happened. Move on". It allowed for people who aren't traumatized to see themselves in a character. It allows people to see that sexual assault and harassment can exist in many forms and seventies. The main downside to this book was the romance. Jake and Quinn's romance was very mild and very blah. There was nothing that sold the relationship to me. It happened, without effort. It happened in a weird way. I just couldn't buy into it. If Quinn and Jake were just friends in the end, then I wouldn't feel as let down by the book. It would have gotten extra points for focusing on friendship. I would have loved to see Jake get back with his ex. I wanted him to make amends and I wanted her to realize that Jake was coming to terms with everything. It would have been a more fulfilling ending for me.
Rating 4.5 Stars

After a terrible year, Quinn was looking forward to a new start, in a new town, at a new school, where she wasn't the girl without any hair. In trying to become someone new, she built some great new friendships and found her way back to her self.

• Pro The book featured an unlikely friendship, which ended up being sort of vital for both Quinn and Jake. The support and little nudges they gave to each other were quite heartwarming. I loved watching this friendship grow, flourish, and change. And, well, yeah, I totally shipped them too.

• Pro Quinn had a big, beautiful heart, and I thought she had a really great attitude. She could have been bitter and hostile and all sorts of other terrible things, but she wasn't. Granted, it took her a while to start to trust people again, but as her trust in others grew, she regained her confidence and she started to trust herself as well.

• Pro What a nice group of friends Natasha Friend assembled for Quinn. They totally made up for all the punishment she endured in Colorado, and it was sort of important for me to see her have some good things come her way.

• Pro I liked that forgiveness was address in several different ways. Quinn had been wronged by so many people. She could have held grudges, but instead, she chose to move on and forgive those, who betrayed her. She also encouraged Jake to consider forgiveness, and I think was an important step in his life after the accident.

• Pro It was tough to like Nick, at first, but as his friendship with Quinn grew, so did he. I was really proud of all his progress, and started looking forward to his time on page.

• Pro Quinn's family was all sorts of fabulous. Her mom was so caring and patient, and her dad was this awesome, nerdy guy, who gifted us with daily Latin phrases, and was also willing to acknowledge his mistakes. Most of all, I loved that they loved Quinn and her brother so much, and took the time to tell them and show them they did.

• Pro I have not read too many books with characters with alopecia. Friend helped me understand more about this disease, and the the things that people with alopecia have to deal with on a daily basis - the discomfort, the worry, the stigma, these things and the accompanying feelings were all conveyed quite well, and I really learned a lot.

• Pro I also do not read too many books on the younger side of YA, and it was sort of refreshing. Quinn was 14 and a freshman, so we see different everyday life issues featured because of that.

• Pro The ending was the most adorable, sweetest, precious thing ever. I swear! My face hurt from the size of the smile I was wearing.

• Con I wanted more of this story, because I loved it so much!

Overall I absolutely adored this sweet and touching story of family, friendship, being yourself, and being there for other people.
Loved this book - such a sweet tale of two very unlikely people.
Natasha Friend is a wonderful writer and storyteller! The friendship between Quinn (she has alopecia areata and has lost all her hair) and Nick (tragically injured in an accident) is sweet and heartfelt.

And as a mother whose daughter has alopecia, it’s nice to see awareness about the issue, but even more, I enjoyed reading a YA novel that fosters overall empathy. Everyone’s fighting a battle of some sort. For Quinn and Nick, it just happens to be visible.

How We Roll is a great, quick read. I highly recommend it!