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She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
4.5
emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i admit that sometimes i just assume im not going to enjoy a high school YA romance because im 'old' and thinking about high school makes me break out in hives... but not only am i just trying to make up for the lack of representation i had in media as a teen, i have also been adamant to broaden my horizons lately

the start of the book had be trepidatious because it really goes straight in with the melodramatic high school drama and first heartbreak pain but you get so quickly captured by these characters and soon the book pivots into a truly camp fake dating romp that i couldn't put down until it had finished. 

the truth is that all of these books get me emotional even if they aren't as great as this one just because of the sapphic representation. i just wish i had books like this and a community like this when i was a young lesbian finding their way in the world. 

and i definitely only thought that i didn't like romance/rom-coms  before because i didn't have enough sapphic love to read