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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
This book was everything I needed in my life. A cute sapphic rom-com with a fat girl as the main protag and a Latinx as the love interest. This is everything up my alley including eating burgers! I mean who doesn't want to eat the best burger in Los Angeles or pretty much anywhere you live?
I know I had to read this book when it featured a fat protag who was also gay. Abby is a fashionista and she isn't afraid to wear whatever she wants. She has great style and a bombshell of a body to rock it in. She has her own blog which features where to shop, what best to accessorize things with and all that entails to fashion. Abby is such a positive beacon when it comes to fashion and she actually wants to work in fashion. She doesn't let it phase her that in the world of fashion they aren't as fat positive as she is and I absolutely love that she wants to do it. If Abby were a real person I would go to her blog for fashion advice. I'd want to be her friend in an instant because she is so great at being a friend and great at styling clothes.
So summer for Abby isn't exactly as she pictured it - I mean things don't always go as we imagine them to be. Anyways, she applies to her favorite fashion boutique called Lemonberry and ends up getting an internship there only thing is is that it's a shared internship with Jordi Perez. The girl who wears all black but can take great photos of almost anything she points her camera at. Both girls help out around Lemonberry and that's when they both develop feelings for each other. One thing leads to another and then both Abby and Jordi are dating.
The cutest couple I have ever read about and it just felt so real! Not knowing whether or not a girl is gay or if she's into you is one of the scariest things. Sidenote: just because she listens to Tegan and Sara doesn't mean she's gay - but come on who are we kidding? Anyone who likes them and listens to them is pretty much gay. Same logic applies to Hayley Kiyoko back to the book though.
One of the issues about Abby is that you can advocate for body positivity but it's such a hard pill to swallow yourself. What I mean is that sometimes you can be so positive towards others and encourage others, but when it comes to you it almost feels like you're the outlier. The same advice I'm giving to you doesn't apply to me. It was one of the things I found that I could relate to Abby with. Abby doesn't like pictures of herself and it isn't that she has low self-esteem it's just that you can be scared of how others see you; sometimes you're afraid to take up too much space. I know that feeling all too well. In a world where they want you to be as small as possible the last thing you want to do is take up space - especially when you're fat.
Abby wasn't afraid to call anyone out on their shit. She had a conversation with someone in the book where she says that saying the word fat isn't a bad thing and it isn't a bad word. That dialogue meant so much to me! It's tough unlearning all the toxic and negative thoughts about being fat from society. Something that's even tougher is when that same negativity comes from parents especially when it comes from a mom who has her own health food brand and says she just wants her daughter to be happy. Having concerns for someones health and saying that they just want the best for you is often code for "I don't like that you're fat; being fat is bad and your life would be easier if you were skinnier." Being skinny isn't a goal for fat people. You can still be fat and healthy! It's just society who doesn't want women to be big and taking up space. But society can fuck right off because there is nothing wrong with being fat and there is nothing wrong with taking up a lot of space.
I know I had to read this book when it featured a fat protag who was also gay. Abby is a fashionista and she isn't afraid to wear whatever she wants. She has great style and a bombshell of a body to rock it in. She has her own blog which features where to shop, what best to accessorize things with and all that entails to fashion. Abby is such a positive beacon when it comes to fashion and she actually wants to work in fashion. She doesn't let it phase her that in the world of fashion they aren't as fat positive as she is and I absolutely love that she wants to do it. If Abby were a real person I would go to her blog for fashion advice. I'd want to be her friend in an instant because she is so great at being a friend and great at styling clothes.
So summer for Abby isn't exactly as she pictured it - I mean things don't always go as we imagine them to be. Anyways, she applies to her favorite fashion boutique called Lemonberry and ends up getting an internship there only thing is is that it's a shared internship with Jordi Perez. The girl who wears all black but can take great photos of almost anything she points her camera at. Both girls help out around Lemonberry and that's when they both develop feelings for each other. One thing leads to another and then both Abby and Jordi are dating.
The cutest couple I have ever read about and it just felt so real! Not knowing whether or not a girl is gay or if she's into you is one of the scariest things. Sidenote: just because she listens to Tegan and Sara doesn't mean she's gay - but come on who are we kidding? Anyone who likes them and listens to them is pretty much gay. Same logic applies to Hayley Kiyoko back to the book though.
One of the issues about Abby is that you can advocate for body positivity but it's such a hard pill to swallow yourself. What I mean is that sometimes you can be so positive towards others and encourage others, but when it comes to you it almost feels like you're the outlier. The same advice I'm giving to you doesn't apply to me. It was one of the things I found that I could relate to Abby with. Abby doesn't like pictures of herself and it isn't that she has low self-esteem it's just that you can be scared of how others see you; sometimes you're afraid to take up too much space. I know that feeling all too well. In a world where they want you to be as small as possible the last thing you want to do is take up space - especially when you're fat.
Abby wasn't afraid to call anyone out on their shit. She had a conversation with someone in the book where she says that saying the word fat isn't a bad thing and it isn't a bad word. That dialogue meant so much to me! It's tough unlearning all the toxic and negative thoughts about being fat from society. Something that's even tougher is when that same negativity comes from parents especially when it comes from a mom who has her own health food brand and says she just wants her daughter to be happy. Having concerns for someones health and saying that they just want the best for you is often code for "I don't like that you're fat; being fat is bad and your life would be easier if you were skinnier." Being skinny isn't a goal for fat people. You can still be fat and healthy! It's just society who doesn't want women to be big and taking up space. But society can fuck right off because there is nothing wrong with being fat and there is nothing wrong with taking up a lot of space.
This was delightful and charming, and a necessary break from some of the bleaker things I've read lately.
Have you ever loved a book so much that you wanted to hug each and every single character? That's how I felt about this book. It is absurdly adorable and the romance between the two young women at the center felt organic and real. This has everything that YA literature should have: positive queer relationships, body positivity, diverse characters, no real conflict or drama and a main character who is loved and supported by everyone around her. It was so refreshing to read this. I wanted to spend more time with these characters because I just found myself so enchanted by them. Also, this book made me both hungry for burgers and wanting to move to LA as soon as possible! A real delight.
Somebody remind me that the world will not end if I just read YA fiction forever. Especially body positive queer YA fiction. Honestly I should stuff ten of this kind of book between every doorstop I ever attempt because this sort of story makes me feel like the world is a manageable size and shape. Sometimes elided details I craved, but that's how you tell a story in that kind of page count; everything is very skillful, of the moment, and sweet.
what a wonderfully fluffy, adorable book. i enjoyed every second of this. abby is a wonderful main character & i adored her narration! my only complaint was that it was just a little bit lacking in plot. but still just super cute. i'm definitely checking out more of amy spalding's writing after this!
Painfully cute. Absolutely the fluffy f/f YA romance I have always wanted.
"Being fat isn't bad. Acting like 'fat' is an insult is, though."
"Being fat isn't bad. Acting like 'fat' is an insult is, though."
Thanks to the #kidlitexchange network for this ARC - all opinions are my own. #partner
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for this perfect summer read. Fashion-obsessed Abby is pumped to land an internship at her favorite boutique. She is less pumped that the store owner chose a second intern for a summer role that is usually only filled by one person. Abby does not count on falling in love with her co-intern Jordi, and ends up on a wild ride throughout the summer. Hand this one to high school readers.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for this perfect summer read. Fashion-obsessed Abby is pumped to land an internship at her favorite boutique. She is less pumped that the store owner chose a second intern for a summer role that is usually only filled by one person. Abby does not count on falling in love with her co-intern Jordi, and ends up on a wild ride throughout the summer. Hand this one to high school readers.