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Gina is a piano teacher living a planned, organised and happy life with her live in boyfriend. Then she gets a sense that maybe he's about to pop the question of marriage and she's not sure why this freaks her out as life is so perfect with her boyfriend... but is it?
One night in a spontaneous turn of events sees her accompanying her gay best friend to a gay club to watch lesbian cult band Phase and Gina's hooked.
A light bulb moment in Gina's organised life suggests not only does she want more to being a music teacher, she want to be a musician but that she might actually be bi.
Gina embarks on what all sensible people do, she opens up her relationship with her 'perfect' boyfriend and then alternates her look for each part of her life.
Gina was looking for something, as often we all are but her experimentation felt forced rather than a natural progression. I would imagine that coming out as queer is a liberating experience to be true to yourself and be the person you truly are even if you are still trying to conceal it from some others. However, Gina's journey didn't feel a natural progression rather than her looking for stereo types and then engaging with it.
It comes across as alight hearted rom com with some funny moments as well as some cringeworthy moments.
It does raise an interesting point about bi phobia, not just from the straight side but also from the lesbian side.

The book genre is described as LGBTQIA/ Romance. Would LGBTQIA readers enjoy with such outdated stereotypes? I suppose it depends on the individual. I do think that there is an appeal to straight readers as just a general book that has a main queer theme. There aren't any sex scenes as it is more rom com.
A refreshing read that I think just represents how society is today. A little bit of everything and acceptance and tolerance goes a long way.
Thank you to NetGalley and Head of Zeus and Aria for this preview read in return for an honest review.
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janina_lux's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring reflective 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

4.0

bellagabriela123's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

chischobes's review against another edition

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2.5

cute and light read.
not too deep and very very filled with cliches and overt explanations of queer culture in a not quite natural way.

izziebianchi's review against another edition

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2.0

the premise for this was really fun and sweet, but sadly it just was not executed. the problem with creating a narrative that is based on contemporary pop culture references is how quickly they go out of date especially in the modern age. the writing came across as cringy and the characters appeared as two dimensional caricatures of their supposed traits. not once can i recall ever having a conversation that was even vaguely similar to the majority of conversations in this book. parts of it were so far fetched (on stage festival proposal to your best friend from catholic school that you’ve been in love for years and never told - please no) that it made it even harder to take it seriously at all. the best and most human parts of the narrative (the exploration of her relationship with her best friend, the loss of her father and her grief, her fear of negative reaction from her mother) were glossed over for incessant club scenes and introduction of characters no one cared about. sadly, not the one for me.

aleksandra_jot's review

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1.0

Za dużo stereotypów, żebym mogła przymknąć na to oko. Początkowo myślałam, że może to taka zamierzona szydera i celowe przerysowanie, ale szybko porzuciłam tę myśl. Mogło być dobrze, mogła być solidnie stworzona bi reprezentacja, a wyszło jak wyszło.

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