How it is not realistic, giving women false sense of security or hope and calling out the misogynistic viewpoints that are ingrained in our society.
The story was about challenging the notion of romantic-comedies or romantic movies in general. I'm changing my rating to a 5 stars simply because as soon as I woke up this morning, my first thoughts were of this book! I am in love! Please.i just want a cute ease reading gods let me have this
happy fun workplace scenes!! which I am always a sucker for.īasically, this book is such a revolutionarily good contemporary I might have to come back and five star it.īottom line: ?!?!?!?!?!?!?! More please. and a romance that is secondary to the happily ever after, too
a romantic plotline that is secondary to the other aspects of our girl's life a group of female friends who might seem shallow but are anything but a female character who isn't nice to our female protagonist.without veering into girl hate and a bunch of satisfying scenes in which that heroine screams and/or gets hers a powerful, badass, damaged heroine who heals herself a screaming rant against the line "not like other girls" a takedown of the bit in The Fault in Our Stars when the characters' steamy makeout happens in the Anne Frank House A substantial romance for even the most skeptical teens." - Booklist, STARRED review "Audrey and Harry’s relationship sings with witty banter, electric heat, and feverish emotion, but Audrey’s journey to self-discovery reaps even more rewards, leaving readers with a fresh, realistic look at first love.A wild ride that’s high on drama and deep in self-reflection." - Kirkus "Alongside snippets of Audrey’s rom-com essay, British author Bourne draws her protagonist as a believable mix of self-awareness and inexperience as she does her best to cope with her selfish father and hurting mother, her largely absent brother, and Harry’s omnipresent ex.a smart, funny, and emotionally satisfying rom-com." - Publishers Weekly "YA readers will relate to the struggles Audrey faces and be pleased by the refreshing conclusion to this love story.Holly Bourne, where have you been all my life?Ī short, by no means definitive list of just some of the literally innumerable awesome things this book contains: ★ "It's enough that this well-cast British import cleverly elevates and deconstructs genre tropes without ever belittling them, but it goes beyond even that, candidly addressing the weight of expectation behind a first sexual experience and the misconceptions that women especially often have about theirs.
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