The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love - she's lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can't stomach the idea of rejection. So she's careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.
Then a cute new girl enters Cassie's orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly's cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness - except for the part where she is.
Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she'll get back her first kiss and she'll get her twin back.
There's only one problem: Molly's coworker Reid. He's an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.
Right? (from inside cover)
A sort-of spin-off of Simon vs the Homosapians Agenda, Becky Albertalli's newest book offers more female characters, more LGBTQIA+ representation, and more overall adorableness. The plot may feel predictable from the summary (and lesbihonest, it is) but I was swept up in the story too much to notice. Albertalli has a way of taking a difficult subjects like love, sexuality, and family dynamics and putting them square on the shoulders of relatable teens that readers can look up to and learn from. I may not have given her first book a glowing review, but if Becky Albertalli graces the shelves of my library with more work in the future, you can bet I'll be reading - and reviewing.
Happy reading!
Then a cute new girl enters Cassie's orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly's cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness - except for the part where she is.
Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she'll get back her first kiss and she'll get her twin back.
There's only one problem: Molly's coworker Reid. He's an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.
Right? (from inside cover)
A sort-of spin-off of Simon vs the Homosapians Agenda, Becky Albertalli's newest book offers more female characters, more LGBTQIA+ representation, and more overall adorableness. The plot may feel predictable from the summary (and lesbihonest, it is) but I was swept up in the story too much to notice. Albertalli has a way of taking a difficult subjects like love, sexuality, and family dynamics and putting them square on the shoulders of relatable teens that readers can look up to and learn from. I may not have given her first book a glowing review, but if Becky Albertalli graces the shelves of my library with more work in the future, you can bet I'll be reading - and reviewing.
Happy reading!
Hannah
nitty gritty:
language. some sexual references. drinking involving teens (with regret clearly following).
nitty gritty:
language. some sexual references. drinking involving teens (with regret clearly following).
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