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A review by enchantressreads
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“Everyone’s just pretending they have it together, because they don’t realize everyone else is pretending to have it together.”
Honey Girl, on the outside, looks like a fun queer romance. And it is! But there’s so much more than that. There is tons of diversity in this book from every angle—race, sexuality, gender, pasts, and mental health. It was refreshing reading from so many flushed out characters. Many of them were flawed, but they were lovable all the same.
When Grace wakes up from a night celebrating in Las Vegas, her friends are gone, and there feels to be an indent left on the bed. Soon, as she looks at her ring finger, she realizes there’s more behind this than a drunken hook-up. She married someone.
The relationship between Grace and Yuki was only part of this story. We also see the tense relationship between Grace and her father, the racism Grace deals with being a woman of color in STEM, Grace and Yuki’s amazing friends, platonic friendships and relationships. Platonic love. It was beautiful.
This book may not be for everyone, but it was definitely for me.
CW for racism, self-harm, emotional abuse, and mental illness (including a brief hospital setting)
Honey Girl, on the outside, looks like a fun queer romance. And it is! But there’s so much more than that. There is tons of diversity in this book from every angle—race, sexuality, gender, pasts, and mental health. It was refreshing reading from so many flushed out characters. Many of them were flawed, but they were lovable all the same.
When Grace wakes up from a night celebrating in Las Vegas, her friends are gone, and there feels to be an indent left on the bed. Soon, as she looks at her ring finger, she realizes there’s more behind this than a drunken hook-up. She married someone.
The relationship between Grace and Yuki was only part of this story. We also see the tense relationship between Grace and her father, the racism Grace deals with being a woman of color in STEM, Grace and Yuki’s amazing friends, platonic friendships and relationships. Platonic love. It was beautiful.
This book may not be for everyone, but it was definitely for me.
CW for racism, self-harm, emotional abuse, and mental illness (including a brief hospital setting)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Racism
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Self harm