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“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. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get 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?”
So I really am a fan of YA romances, despite how terrible they usually are. This book however was bad in its own category. I liked the idea of the book. I liked how diverse it was without even really trying. I liked small portions of the book, so lets start there.
The main love interests were fun. Reid is a nerdy, Jewish boy that really isn’t the sort of guy you would expect to be a romance novel hero. He wears grandpa shoes for one. So I really appreciated him as a main love interest. He is the sort of guy that really would be someone I could see being worthy of love and rooting for him to win. Will is also not a bad guy per say. He is the more typical YA love interest. Hipster, drinks underage, cool, self-assured. BORING. Give me Reid any day.
The cast was quite diverse. There were twins, women of color, Jewish moms. There really was a great cast of people. It felt like it was homey and wonderful. The characters were just themselves and it didn’t feel like there was forced diversity for a point. So YES major points.
However, I just couldn’t stand the main narrator. She was supposedly a feminist, but she claimed she couldn’t want a boyfriend and be a feminist. She was supposedly a feminist, but then said repeatedly that she was fat so no man would want her. It gets better, just wait, when she gets a boy she suddenly feels great about being fat and being quirky. So a man solves all of her problems like instantly. Can you say gag? Because the book really let me down.
The main character was just so awful and insecure, but not in an endearing way. It went so far beyond endearing into pathological. Reid was really the only reason I kept reading, though the big will she pick Reid and Will plot was really forced. It was clear from the description she would pick Reid and that Will never stood a chance. It also was a really forced plot with Olivia.
So overall, this book was a no. It was just too basic and forced. I expected better from this author.
2 out of 5 stars. I would not recommend this book.
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~Isaiah
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