So it’s been a while since I’ve made it all the way through a book and done a review, but I’m glad to be back. Please bear with me while I get back into the swing of this.
I gave this book two stars and had a difficult time finishing it. In this contemporary by the author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapians Agenda, we follow Molly who is a 17 year old girl who developes crushes on people and never lets them know. Her twin sister, Cassie, is her complete opposite, confident and goes after whoever she wants without hesitation. This only magnifies Molly’s insecurities. I like the premise of this book and think the story had potential, but in my opinion it suffered from trying too hard. Now let me say this before I make my point of why it felt forced: I am an ally and supporter of the LGBTQ community. I enjoy diversity in my reading. However, it seemed like this book made an overt point to include every sexual orientation and identity within a small group of people and it seemed at times to awkwardly throw it in just for the sake of doing it. There was no flow or anything natural in these random characters existing. They were not relevant to the story other than to make sure they were all mentioned at least once so the author can say they were represented. We are supposed to be following Molly as our main character and her journey to find love for herself as well as develope the confidence to finally have more than a crush. But instead what I read was a parade of random and unnecessary characters thrown in who were homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, and transgender. Now I for one would love to read a well thought out and honest story about a character of any sexual orientation, but when it’s so thoughtlessly thrown in to a story about this girl, it feels wrong. It took away from Molly’s journey. It became more about who she knows than about her. The one scene I did love though was where one of her moms takes her to see the Whitehouse lit up in rainbow colors when marriage equality was passed. I got goose bumps and teared up. That was a meaningful moment between her and her mom that was relevant to her journey. I enjoyed that very much and thought it added to her growth as a character. If the rest of the storyline had been that well written and emotionally relevant this could have done so much more for me. Overall, this was just ok for me and I will never reread it. If you have nothing else on your shelf then pick this up, but if given any other option, I would take it.
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