You Wish by Mandy Hubbard

You Wish by Mandy Hubbard
"Kayla McHenry’s sweet sixteen sucks! Her dad left, her grades dropped, and her BFF is dating the boy Kayla’s secretly loved for years. Blowing out her candles, Kayla thinks: I wish my birthday wishes actually came true. Because they never freakin’ do.

Kayla wakes the next day to a life-sized, bright pink My Little Pony outside her window. Then a year’s supply of gumballs arrives. A boy named Ken with a disturbing resemblance to the doll of the same name stalks her. As the ghosts of Kayla’s wishes-past appear, they take her on a wild ride . . . but they MUST STOP. Because when she was fifteen? She wished Ben Mackenzie would kiss her. And Ben is her best friend’s boyfriend."- summary from Amazon

Hubbard's sophomore effort is full of humor, heart, and a bit of magic, just like her first novel. I feel like I laughed out loud more than I did during her debut, so the comedy in the story is definitely a high point. I really liked the idea of all of Kayla's wishes coming true and how that would affect her daily life. It was interesting to see what sorts of wishes Kayla had wished for over the course of her life and the results do end up being pretty funny. The growth in the main character comes from having to deal with all of this chaos going on and Hubbard handles it really well. The romance of course is very hot and incredibly swoon-worthy; the leading man Ben is just so sexy and sweet.

Overall, Hubbard has proven herself as a great new voice in the YA world and I'm so excited to read more from her.

FTC: Received book via Around the World tours. Link above is Amazon Associate link; any profit received goes toward funding contests.