Full review here. 
 I think this novel is hard to review for the fact that I don't want to give too much away, and yet it feels like there's not a lot in the novel to giveaway. That sounds weird, I know. I'll say that this is one where you'll have to read it and judge for yourself because How to Love appears to be quite the polarizing novel. I will say again that I enjoyed it. It's unique. It's realistic. It's bold. Katie Cotugno was not afraid to write the hard stuff. The after-the-first-kiss. The what-happens-next. Jane Austen was always critiqued about the fact that she wrote up to the marriage but never after, possibly because she never married herself or maybe because that was her version of closing the door. Katie Cotugno throws open that door, but not on the sexy times that young adult authors occasionally gloss over. She throws open the door on the actual work that you have to do in a relationship. Alessandra Balzer, the editor of How to Love, calls it a "messy, unpredictable, thrilling love," and I'd say that's an assessment I agree with. So if you're willing, as a reader, to put aside any fanciful hopes of a tame young adult romance and open yourself up to a grittier romantic realism, I recommend this book. If you're not, then it's probably not for you, and that's okay.