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Technically, You Started It
by Lana Wood Johnson
Technically, You Started It is a cute YA romance that is told through text messages and has some pretty good queer rep. Helen, the protagonist, is demisexual and her love interest, Martin, is bisexual. I loved that their identies were mentioned by name and the characters talked about their experiences openly. The book is marketed as ownvoices, thought I'm not sure whether it's ownvoices for the demi or bi rep, or maybe for both?
I'd say that Martin lying about his identity weirded me out a bit. I enjoyed the text message format, but I'd loved to see more digital media incorporated (like transcripts of Hellen's favourite podcasts, blog posts, memes, etc). Overall the book was good enough for me to give it 3 stars, and I would recommend it if you're looking for a sweet queer YA that reads quickly, but i can't call it a favourite.
I'd say that Martin lying about his identity weirded me out a bit. I enjoyed the text message format, but I'd loved to see more digital media incorporated (like transcripts of Hellen's favourite podcasts, blog posts, memes, etc). Overall the book was good enough for me to give it 3 stars, and I would recommend it if you're looking for a sweet queer YA that reads quickly, but i can't call it a favourite.