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A review by erin_lawless
Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
4.0
A surprising little book that I read almost in one sitting. 4.5 stars.
I'm normally the first person roaring about slut-shaming in YA and NA and so I thought I'd want to put my money where my mouth is and check out this book ASAP, so I was very pleased to get approved on Netgalley. I was a little apprehensive going in - such a difficult subject - there were a million and one ways this story could go wrong, but Firsts seems to have skirted them all.
Mercedes and her relationships were fully dimensional and I loved her voice, her humour, her growth. If you'd told me I'd be rooting for the girl who's slept with 14 other girls' boyfriends I would have given you side-eye, but it's so skillfully handled that you're somehow right on board with it.
Pretty certain this will be one of my favourite books of 2015.
I'm normally the first person roaring about slut-shaming in YA and NA and so I thought I'd want to put my money where my mouth is and check out this book ASAP, so I was very pleased to get approved on Netgalley. I was a little apprehensive going in - such a difficult subject - there were a million and one ways this story could go wrong, but Firsts seems to have skirted them all.
Mercedes and her relationships were fully dimensional and I loved her voice, her humour, her growth. If you'd told me I'd be rooting for the girl who's slept with 14 other girls' boyfriends I would have given you side-eye, but it's so skillfully handled that you're somehow right on board with it.
Pretty certain this will be one of my favourite books of 2015.