A review by rickireadss
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney

5.0

hands down, this is one of my favorite YA books of all time!!!! i tend to think i'm not a YA girlie, but then i read YA books like this that heal a piece of my inner child and i just know i'm playing in my own face. i laughed. i cried. i felt seen and appreciated. i was lowkey scared to read this because of the purity culture aspect, but goffney did such a great job at pushing against it and that made me cry even more. monique is THAT girl, and i just wanted to give her the biggest hug ever.

representation: Black FMC, Biracial LI (Black and white), Black SCs, Sapphic SCs, Vaginismus rep

content warnings:

toxic relationship, religious bigotry, purity culture, misogyny, emotional abuse, medical content, medical trauma, alcohol, death of parent, abandonment, sexual harassment, sexual assault