Gr 9 Up—When Imogen spends spring break visiting her best friend Lili at college, a white lie leads Imogen to
restlessly question new romantic feelings. Filled with character dynamics that reel readers in, Imogen's journey is a
highly relatable one of introspection, embracing truth, and letting go.

Imogen's always been the straight ally of her school's Pride group, doing the work to educate herself and be respectful and a good friend. While visiting her best friend Lili for the weekend at the college she will soon be attending, Imogen catches big feelings for Tessa, one of Lili's pack of cool queer friends -- and it seems like the feelings might be mutual. What does this mean for Imogen's identity? What will it mean for her friendships, both existing and new?

One of the things Albertalli does best is creating solid friend groups with great dialogue and humor, and she really shines with this book as Imogen interacts with both her established friend group and Lili's college group. She also does a great job of looking at different aspects of identity and how people discover new facets of themselves. As a result, Imogen is really, really in her own head for a lot of the book, and her constant questions and anxieties might be exhausting for some readers. I wasn't bothered by it, because I could see myself in the way Imogen processes interactions and new information. If you've enjoyed Albertalli's other works, you'll probably like this one -- and if you haven't read any of her books, this is a standalone, so it's a good place to start (though I am hoping for more books from this set of characters in the future)! ( )

I think was a very quite read but one that had so many elements for queer moments and also queer realtionships. I loved the elements of this read and the setting the almost to college moment. I think this book had some really fun moments and def had some harder topics. I liked the roamnce and the found family vibes that often occur in college but i did not feel as conencted to this read as i did with previous books by this author. ( )

I think was a very quite read but one that had so many elements for queer moments and also queer realtionships. I loved the elements of this read and the setting the almost to college moment. I think this book had some really fun moments and def had some harder topics. I liked the roamnce and the found family vibes that often occur in college but i did not feel as conencted to this read as i did with previous books by this author. ( )

Rating: 3.5/5

I love Becky Albertalli and Becky Albertalli loves Casey McQuiston, therefore, I love Casey McQuiston and my next read will be hers. Like frt, there was some serious Casey McQuiston fangirling in the book and I AM ALL FOR IT TBH. I am tired of books referencing 'you know what' movies.

I was kinda prejudiced when I went into this book because my recent reads, though unique, had a similar scaffolding and overall message. While this did not stray too far from that, it tackled identities and queerphobia from a whole new perspective.

Imogen is a super heterosexual super ally, if that's a word. She is surrounded by people identifying as queer and she is super supportive. Things get confusing when her best friend, Lili lies to her new college friends that she dated Imogen for a while. When Imogen visits Lili in college, she tags along with the lie. All is fun and games until Imogen starts questioning her sexuality because she is clearly attracted to Tessa.

The storyline is very easy to follow and Becky Albertalli is an amazing writer. It was a fast-paced read with good character arcs. The perspective of a self-identified super heterosexual teen questioning her identity, figuring out if her queer friends will accept her if she comes out or doubt her new discovery is refreshing.

I am overjoyed for the amount of relatable literature that kids have access to, in the current day and age. This may not mean a lot to a lot of people but could mean the world to at least one person that picks up the book and if a story helps one person, I believe that it has done wonders.

PS. Apologies for the very short reviews but my next book is calling. ( )