Release Date: April 11, 2017Published by: Balzer + Bray
Read from: April 28-April 30, 2017Companion novel: Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaSource: PublisherFor fans of: Contemporary,Romance, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, Companions, LGBTQIA+, LOL, Positive Body Rep, Diverse Reads, YA
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. 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. 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 a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.
Right?
"...that's the thing I'm most afraid of. Not mattering, Existing in a world that doesn't care who I am."pg. 38
"...if I had to describe the feeling of a crush, I'd say thi: you just finished running a mile, and you have to throw up, and you're starving, but no food seems appealing, and your brain becomes fog, and you also have to pee. It's this close to intolerable."pg. 56
"Goal: Don't be weird and awkward."pg. 69
I also really liked the romance in the book. Every single part of the romance was completly adorable. And I mean EVERY character that was involved in something romantic was absolutely adorable. I don't normally care about anyone other than the main character falling for someone, so I knew I was in love with this book when I got the happy's for someone other than Molly. It was all auper adorable."I'm not trying to over think things. I'm trying to be less careful. But you have to be your heart's own goalie."pg. 145
"Maybe my company is even better than making out- which is pretty much my goal as a human being honestly."pg. 159
"We like who we like. Who cares if somene else doesn't get it? Thats a good thing. That's less competition."pg. 211
Labels: Companion, Contemporary, Diverse Authors, Diversity, Mental Illness or Disabilities, Romance, Womance, YA