A review by adamskiboy528491
Love Is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann

3.0

"Love is not love 
Which alters when it alteration finds, 
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark 
That looks on tempests and is never shaken" - Shakespeare, Sonnet 116.

[b:Love Is for Losers|52148580|Love Is for Losers|Wibke Brueggemann|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569894329l/52148580._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71432467] by [a:Wibke Brueggemann|19285086|Wibke Brueggemann|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1571129328p2/19285086.jpg] is a breath of fresh air. It's an adorable LGBTQ+ love story featuring a very authentic modern teenager who is unconnected to her emotions.

Phoebe is 15 going on 16, whose a cynic & does not see the value of love. She thinks "love is for losers", hence the title. When her best friend Polly starts dating a boy, she feels like she has lost her friend & a part of her life since they were BFFs. Her father died before she was born & her mother is always away trying to save the world, so she often stays with her godmother, Kate. That's where this story primarily takes place. At Kate's, Kate's thrift store & her school. 

Our protagonist has a fun, spunky voice that teens will surely relate to & love. She's a bit unusual & maybe a little bit of an outcast, but her quirkiness is what lured me closer to her. I liked her sense of dry humour & the way she tells it like it is. The book is told in a diary form, but we get dialogue to have character familiarity. The short & punchy diary-style of writing is easy & quick to read, & the characters all feel genuine & authentic. It feels like a teenager wrote it. Although I sometimes didn't always agree with Phoebe in her ideas, it was nice to see how a young person in today's society grapples with life & figuring out who they are.

If you're a fan of hilarious stories about queer love, you need to pick up a copy of this & fall in love…or not.