Genre: YA Contemporary
Date Published: July 9, 2020
Rating: ★★★★★
LGBTQ+: ✅
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Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s sure she’ll find her person one day.
As she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia’s ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her ‘teenage dream’ is in sight.
But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. With new terms thrown at her – asexual, aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever.
Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along?
I have so many thoughts. I knew this book would be important to me, but I didn’t realise just how much of an impact it’d have. It’s made me reconsider everything I know about myself and opened my brain up to possibilities I hadn’t even considered. Which is overwhelming… but also kind of exciting??
Sexuality is something that I’ve been confused about for literally years — since I was at least 18 (I’m now 27) — and sometimes it can feel impossible to know how to identify yourself. Like, I know labels aren’t important and people say not to label yourself, but when it’s inside your own head and you just want to know who you are, it becomes a big part of you.
I’m still not 100% sure. It’s not like this book has instantly given me a crystal clear idea of how my brain works. But it’s given me a lot to think about, and I’m blown away by how much of an impact it’s really had.
If this helps other people do the same, then this really is an important book that I urge everyone to read. Whether you’re ace, aro, both, neither, or unsure — everyone needs to read this book.
