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zydecovivo's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Transphobia, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Self harm, Cursing, Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness
lollythegiant's review
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Outing
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, and Bullying
mel_muses's review
4.5
When band nerd Harper learns about a gay dating profile made of her, she freaks out. Partly because her mom is the school dean, partly because she doesn't know her sexuality, partly because her parents are hardcore Republicans, and partly because her dad is running for the presidential election. It's really a huge mess.
And wow, did this book take turns I was not expecting!! I read it in the span of a few days, on audio (thank you, Jenn, for letting me use your library card LOL). It was addicting, and in such a good way. I loved the way the romance developed. It was so cute and while at times I wanted to scream at Harper, MARGOT FOR THE WIN! I also really loved the way Quinlan explored Harper's asexuality. It was beautifully done, and felt incredibly authentic. More aspec lesbians, PLEASE. My favorite part and characters of the book were actually people who were on page for like .5 seconds bUT I don't want to spoil who it was. SO: Skye Quinlan, please give me a whole spin-off of just THEM. My DMs are always open :)
Overall, a wild ride. A book that felt real and passionate, loving and authentic, scary and empowering. Also, please read my friend Jenn's review of this book. I encapsulated only a fraction of what they wrote about.
Content Warnings: anxiety, depression, homophobia, mentions of self harm, alcoholism, public outing
And wow, did this book take turns I was not expecting!! I read it in the span of a few days, on audio (thank you, Jenn, for letting me use your library card LOL). It was addicting, and in such a good way. I loved the way the romance developed. It was so cute and while at times I wanted to scream at Harper, MARGOT FOR THE WIN! I also really loved the way Quinlan explored Harper's asexuality. It was beautifully done, and felt incredibly authentic. More aspec lesbians, PLEASE. My favorite part and characters of the book were actually people who were on page for like .5 seconds bUT I don't want to spoil who it was. SO: Skye Quinlan, please give me a whole spin-off of just THEM. My DMs are always open :)
Overall, a wild ride. A book that felt real and passionate, loving and authentic, scary and empowering. Also, please read my friend Jenn's review of this book. I encapsulated only a fraction of what they wrote about.
Content Warnings: anxiety, depression, homophobia, mentions of self harm, alcoholism, public outing
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Mental illness, and Outing
Moderate: Alcoholism
obscurepages's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Outing
Moderate: Homophobia and Alcoholism
Minor: Sexual content and Acephobia/Arophobia
Leaked messages, invasion of privacy, outing of someonefanboyriot's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Sapphic
Asexual Rep
Boarding School
Friends to Lovers
Bandmates to Lovers
(First Person POV)
I absolutely loved this book. The characters, the romance, Margot's energy and comments, very much here for it.
Asexual Rep
Boarding School
Friends to Lovers
Bandmates to Lovers
(First Person POV)
I absolutely loved this book. The characters, the romance, Margot's energy and comments, very much here for it.
I went into it knowing nearly nothing about it other than it was a queer contemporary book, so the asexual rep was such a nice surprise.
Following Harper through the stress of always having to be what her parents wanted or never being able to do things because her mom was the dean of the school and her dad running for president.
I can say with confidence that I hated Harper's mom, so much. I also wasn't a fan of her dad but when Harper needed him he was there in the end, even if he did use her to better his family man image.
Love how conservative parents raise the gayest/queerest children ever. It was such a nice plot twist with Ben (or McDreamy, whichever works better).
The friendships were written SO well. There were ups and downs and lots of drama with some, they were complicated. And as much as I hate several of Harper's friends it was nice to see how she approached some of the issues they caused her. Lets just say Harper is a lot nicer than I would have been near the end of the book.
This book was so well written and I really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed the Grey's Anatomy reference when Harper's dad was like: "She's our child, and this is—it's don't be so goddamn thickheaded." (Chapter 27, Page 226) it made me think about that one episode of Grey's Anatomy (S12,E01) which was a favorite of mine.
So basically, 10/10 loved everything and I will most likely read this again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Homophobia, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Bullying, Classism, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Vomit
daryn's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, and Medical content
shaipanda's review
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I really enjoyed the first half of three quarters of this book for the most part but really didn’t like the ending for the most part like someone else’s review was saying, they could have easily just had it be Evelyn without bringing Nadia and Bellamy into it. Also I will say that I predicted it would be Evelyn from the beginning so it wasn’t exactly a surprise but I did nottt predict the other two and really think it could have done without that. Also I’m kinda proud of myself that I predicted Christian was going to be queer from the beginning lol but I really loved the relationship between him and Ben - definitely one of my favorite parts overall I enjoyed this and enjoyed some of the character relationships but overall wasn’t something I loved and I do wish we got to see more of what happens after high school in the epilogue etc
Edit: also I just went to look at the content warnings cause there are always a lot I forget and apparently the ones for this book are author approved which is good whatever except the author didn’t mention like a lottt of really important ones? Like outing or medical content which are majorrr in that book like wtf - sorry that just pissed me off a lot
Edit: also I just went to look at the content warnings cause there are always a lot I forget and apparently the ones for this book are author approved which is good whatever except the author didn’t mention like a lottt of really important ones? Like outing or medical content which are majorrr in that book like wtf - sorry that just pissed me off a lot
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Alcoholism
samisversion's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Medical content
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Outing, and Addiction
Minor: Self harm
annabananawible's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Alcoholism
booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
For fans of Red, white and royal blue this book is for you!
Harper’s pic has been taken from her private insta account and used for tinder. Where someone has been pretending to be her and talking to Margo Another student who is in marching band with her. Harpers father is extremely conservative and her father is even running for president. She doesn’t identify as queer, but since this fake tinder profile her and Margo have become friends, possibly even more. Harper is trying to figure out what these knew found feelings mean about herself and her sexuality. But all she does know is that having a queer kid is not something that will bode well for her fathers campaign. So she can’t let this get out.
I loved this book. As a former band geek I felt super nostalgic listening to the audiobook and remembering being in band in high school and college. Plus I liked the political aspect of the story as well.
Rep
Bipoc
Enby,
Ace
Les
Pan
Poly
Cw
Mental health
Anxiety
Depression
Ptsd
Alcoholism
Self harm
Suicidal thoughts
Vomit
Allergic reactions (epi pens)
Asthma
Outing
Homophobia
Toxic friendship
Harper’s pic has been taken from her private insta account and used for tinder. Where someone has been pretending to be her and talking to Margo Another student who is in marching band with her. Harpers father is extremely conservative and her father is even running for president. She doesn’t identify as queer, but since this fake tinder profile her and Margo have become friends, possibly even more. Harper is trying to figure out what these knew found feelings mean about herself and her sexuality. But all she does know is that having a queer kid is not something that will bode well for her fathers campaign. So she can’t let this get out.
I loved this book. As a former band geek I felt super nostalgic listening to the audiobook and remembering being in band in high school and college. Plus I liked the political aspect of the story as well.
Rep
Bipoc
Enby,
Ace
Les
Pan
Poly
Cw
Mental health
Anxiety
Depression
Ptsd
Alcoholism
Self harm
Suicidal thoughts
Vomit
Allergic reactions (epi pens)
Asthma
Outing
Homophobia
Toxic friendship
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit