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The Summer of Jordi Perez
by Amy Spalding
This is the fat girl summer book that I have been waiting my whole life for.
Abby is a fat lesbian who gets to wear whatever. clothes. she. wants. All her outfits are described and they are all CUTE. Do you know how rare it is to get to read a description of a fat girl's outfit, let alone one that isn't "oversized t-shirt and jeans"??? It's so rare. Getting to read about a fat girl being fat and beautiful and unashamed of how she looks is E V E R Y T H I N G
Abby does deal with some internalized fatphobia when it comes to how others perceive her. She loves her body and is proud of how she looks, but she lives in fear of someone else making a comment about it. Which might sound like a contradiction - how can she be unashamed if she worries about what others might say? But when you're fat, even if you love your body and how you look, you're still going to be scared of what others will say. Because they're always going to have something to say, even if it's "positive" and how you "should be prouder" of how you look. There is always a comment.
As much as I loved the fat rep side of the story, I was left wanting on the romance side. Abby and Jordi are cute as they try to figure out their relationship, particularly at work, but I wasn't as invested in their relationship as I would have liked to have been for a book that is mostly a romance. I liked it enough to enjoy their scenes together, but it wasn't quite five stars for me.
Abby is a fat lesbian who gets to wear whatever. clothes. she. wants. All her outfits are described and they are all CUTE. Do you know how rare it is to get to read a description of a fat girl's outfit, let alone one that isn't "oversized t-shirt and jeans"??? It's so rare. Getting to read about a fat girl being fat and beautiful and unashamed of how she looks is E V E R Y T H I N G
Abby does deal with some internalized fatphobia when it comes to how others perceive her. She loves her body and is proud of how she looks, but she lives in fear of someone else making a comment about it. Which might sound like a contradiction - how can she be unashamed if she worries about what others might say? But when you're fat, even if you love your body and how you look, you're still going to be scared of what others will say. Because they're always going to have something to say, even if it's "positive" and how you "should be prouder" of how you look. There is always a comment.
As much as I loved the fat rep side of the story, I was left wanting on the romance side. Abby and Jordi are cute as they try to figure out their relationship, particularly at work, but I wasn't as invested in their relationship as I would have liked to have been for a book that is mostly a romance. I liked it enough to enjoy their scenes together, but it wasn't quite five stars for me.