The romance here was just perfect for me. Like I said, I so wish this book existed when I was in high school. And sometimes characters identify as neither girl nor boy and that's cool, too. Girls like boys like boys like girls like girls. It's not always easy to come out and, of course, some people are jerks but it's so. But, on top of all that, Albertalli just does a great job of normalizing queer relationships. This book has everything you need from the perfect high school senior rom-com: a tight group of hilarious and charming friends, prom and all that goes with it, a will they/won't they of course they will, silly!, and that perfect but somewhat melancholy high that comes with endings and new beginnings. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, with better dialogue, characters and relationships than The Upside of Unrequited, and it didn't hurt that I just related to Leah so much more. If you've had enough of the depressing gloomy world we live in and want to read something uplifting, unapologetically nerdy, with just the right amount of romance and Harry Potter references, then I highly recommend Leah on the Offbeat. Oh, how I wish I could go back in time and give my awkward, chubby teen self this book. She's hilarious and badass and sarcastic and moody and totally potty-mouthed. I don't actually see how it's possible not to. Is it that hard to believe I might actually like my body? Plus don't miss Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020!I swear, people can’t wrap their minds around the concept of a fat girl who doesn’t diet. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting-especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high.
So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways.
And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends-not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. She’s an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged.
When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat-but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. the Homo Sapiens Agenda-now a major motion picture, Love, Simon-we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst. In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. #1 New York Times bestseller! Goodreads Choice Award for the best young adult novel of the year!
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