Wednesday 18 April 2018

The Upside of Unrequited by: Becky Abertelli

Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Contemporary
Published: April 11, 2017 by: Balzer + Bray
Pages: 336
Rating: 4/5 stars



Molly Peskin-Suso has experience unrequited love exactly twenty six times. She crushes often on boys, but has never worked up the courage to tell them her feelings. When her twin sister Cassie gets a girlfriend, Molly begins to wonder if she is losing her best friend, who has now become lovesick and so utterly annoying. But Cassie's girlfriend has a super cute hipster best friend who may be perfect for Molly, if she can get over her crush for her awkward co-worker Reid. Now Molly finds herself crushing on two boys, what's a girl to do?

This was a really sweet book! It was easy to get through and absolutely filled with diverse representation. I loved and can relate to the character of Molly, who is very shy and introverted, and I rooted for her all the way. While this book wasn't particularly anything complex or spectacular, it definitely was a good read.

There was great diversity in this novel! Molly has two mom's who were literally the sweetest couple ever, a lesbian twin sister and also adopted siblings of various ethnicity's. A main feature in this book is also the fact that Molly is a plus-sized girl, and this book highlights the struggle she goes through with her confidence in herself to find love.

Like I said before, the plot was very easy to get through, it just wasn't anything special. I could definitely predict what was coming, which made this book just pretty good for me. I think it's great for anyone looking for a fluffy, diverse read.

Have you read The Upside of Unrequited? What did you think?

Emily @ Paperback Princess

10 comments:

  1. Great review Emily! I'm a huge fan of Becky Albertalli and The Upside of Unrequited was not a disappointment for me. I can't wait Leah on the Offbeat! <3

    anna | annaish

    p.s: just a heads up but you misspelled "albertalli" in your title!

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    1. Me too! I’m sure it’ll be just as good as her previous two books :)

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  2. I cannot agree more on your review! Love it :)

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  3. This looks fun! I totally have to read Simon vs... though! XD

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    1. I would say to definitely read Simon vs. first as I liked it a little bit better but they were both still great reads!

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  4. Sounds like a fun read for the summer :)

    Dinh@Arlene's Book Club

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  5. My initial thoughts were that I liked this one better than Simon, but the more I thought about this, the more I found faults, so I don't honestly know how I feel about this one anymore lo. I'm weird alright. Glad you loved it though!

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    1. I definitely liked Simon more than this, but it was a quick read I was happy to have gotten my hands on :)

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