Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on
I just HAD to pick this up after seeing Love Simon last week - I was desperate for Leah on the Offbeat, but it doesn't come out until May and this was the next best thing. I needed more awesome Becky Albertalli books in my life, and this definitely delivered! This was just an adorable and swoony contemporary YA novel, I would've read this in one sitting if I'd had the time - so friggin' good. Why I waited this long to read it is beyond me... What can I say, procrastination is my middle name!
I identified 100% with Molly, especially all of her crushes - that was me in high school, most definitely. I adored the diversity in this novel, particularly how it just wasn't a big deal and it all felt so natural. There was POC rep, racial diversity, mental health rep, LGBTQIA+ rep and same sex relationships. One of Molly's past crushes was on a transgender boy and this wasn't a big deal, it just was what it was and I bloody loved that. Add to that the cameos from some of our old friends in Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda, and I was completely sold. TL:DR - everything Becky Albertalli writes is pure gold - 5 stars.
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- 28 January, 2018: Reviewed