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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
I figured I would have a fun time with this book, I was not expecting to love it.
It's not just that it's a sweet fluffy love story (it is) or that it has a lot of my favorite tropes (it does). It's the fact that this book also has a focus on friendship and body positivity. I would say more than on the romance.
Sure, Rory wants to find love, specifically with Beckett whom she's been crushing on for forever, but she also wants friends. She wants to feel confidant. She wants to feel accepted. And that is what really sold me on this book.
I also felt kinship with Rory. Both because I am a fat girl, but also because I got a diagnosis last year that left me feeling betrayed by my body. And while that was only touched on here, I really sympathized with her feelings. Her mother too. I liked that the book highlighted that sometimes you can do everything right, never make a misstep, and still your body might wake up one day and decide "welp, this is how we're doing things now".
There's a lot to like here. Is it the greatest love story ever told? No. Is it a perfect highschool romance between two perfect people? Also no. But I still loved it. Because it showed that curvy girls can be beautiful, football stars can dislike sports, health nuts can have high cholesterol, that you just have to learn to love yourself, regardless of how the world see you.
I wish this book had been around when I was in highschool.
It's not just that it's a sweet fluffy love story (it is) or that it has a lot of my favorite tropes (it does). It's the fact that this book also has a focus on friendship and body positivity. I would say more than on the romance.
Sure, Rory wants to find love, specifically with Beckett whom she's been crushing on for forever, but she also wants friends. She wants to feel confidant. She wants to feel accepted. And that is what really sold me on this book.
I also felt kinship with Rory. Both because I am a fat girl, but also because I got a diagnosis last year that left me feeling betrayed by my body. And while that was only touched on here, I really sympathized with her feelings. Her mother too. I liked that the book highlighted that sometimes you can do everything right, never make a misstep, and still your body might wake up one day and decide "welp, this is how we're doing things now".
There's a lot to like here. Is it the greatest love story ever told? No. Is it a perfect highschool romance between two perfect people? Also no. But I still loved it. Because it showed that curvy girls can be beautiful, football stars can dislike sports, health nuts can have high cholesterol, that you just have to learn to love yourself, regardless of how the world see you.
I wish this book had been around when I was in highschool.
I recieved a ARC copy of this book and it gave me renewed hope in life that there is love out there for plus sized women like me and I am in love with this book. It gave my heart all the feels and I cannot wait to read the second book in this series. This book is so wonderfully written and my heart was captured while reading it.
I thought I was going to like this because of the high school setting. It worked well though! It was very refreshing to read a high school setting that didn’t involve overly sexualized teens and there was very little underage drinking or drug use! It felt relatable to my high school experience as I did none of those things back then. My only issue was imagining Becks as a strong hard lean muscled guy because he’s 17/18 and I’m like ??? Hmmm, none of the footballers during my senior year were looking like hot gods.
As a bigger girl myself, Ive never actually read a curvy girl book? It was refreshing to read about insecurities I have and having those thoughts beaten down with talk of self acceptance and self love. I feel like if I grew up with more body positive or fuck even body neutral people, my own body issues might have been eased a bit.
Oh yeah also loved the twist on the dating on a bet trope!
As a bigger girl myself, Ive never actually read a curvy girl book? It was refreshing to read about insecurities I have and having those thoughts beaten down with talk of self acceptance and self love. I feel like if I grew up with more body positive or fuck even body neutral people, my own body issues might have been eased a bit.
Oh yeah also loved the twist on the dating on a bet trope!
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
I honestly felt very meh about this book. While I still really enjoy YA books this one was definitely meant for a younger audience. I thought the school was super unrealistic, her friends kinda sucked when they got mad at her for not eating lunch with them one time, and the love interest was pretty boring. I liked the overall message but the execution was off.
Read via Libby audiobook.
I’m not rating this because I didn’t get that far into the book. I go to 36% and stopped maybe I’ll pick it up again someday but I’m done for now.
I get this is high school, but the characters were so immature I couldn’t handle it. I would probably read this in middle schoo . I feel bad for Beckett honestly. I feel bad for the bullying and fatphobia the FMC is exposed to as well but Beckett doesn’t deserve the deceit and sneaking around to find out more about him. Maybe try being a friend instead of being what you think he wants. Just no.
This was just a little too juvenile for me. I like YA and I can handle clean romance and even tolerate miscommunication but this was a bit much.
I’m not rating this because I didn’t get that far into the book. I go to 36% and stopped maybe I’ll pick it up again someday but I’m done for now.
I get this is high school, but the characters were so immature I couldn’t handle it. I would probably read this in middle schoo . I feel bad for Beckett honestly. I feel bad for the bullying and fatphobia the FMC is exposed to as well but Beckett doesn’t deserve the deceit and sneaking around to find out more about him. Maybe try being a friend instead of being what you think he wants. Just no.
This was just a little too juvenile for me. I like YA and I can handle clean romance and even tolerate miscommunication but this was a bit much.
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a cute and quick read. I liked the characters overall it definitely felt like a high school scenario. I’d recommend for some light reading!
This book wasn’t amazing, but it was really healing as a plus sized girl. A lot of her thoughts we’re thoughts I’ve definitely had. I’ve grown and healed, but this book reminded me of how far I’ve come.