// Loveless by Alice Oseman

What's so good about this story is the protagonist's journey in trying to understand her sexual orientation. It begins with confusion, slowly inching towards frustration and then anger before coming to terms with it. There's healing and knowing and acceptance. Which can seem much for a teenager to handle but amidst all these emotions, Georgia grows. Alice has done an incredible job in educating the readers about aromantic and asexual identity. To me, this was a new learning especially when it came to the aromantic part. A very few people are even aware of this identity. If you haven't yet, this book will teach you all that you need to know.

Georgia Warr comes from a family that believes strongly in romance and so she is riddled with confusion when she hasn't even been able to kiss anyone. She starts believing that University will change her life and maybe help her in finding love. Along with her two best friends, she explores various societies that the Uni has to offer but somehow ends up joining the Pride Soc. Over the next few weeks, she befriends her new roommate Rooney who has her own past which she guards with an alarming rate of intensity. While Georgia hopes to be in a relationship, what she truly finds is her identity. And it's not an easy journey but one that is filled with forced dating, messy friendships and a lot of drama. If there's one thing that I enjoyed about the book, it was the friendships that the characters shared. I loved how Alice gave it so much of importance, sometimes even more than the romantic ones. And it goes without saying that Sunil ended up being my favourite person and you'll know why when you read it :)

Loveless is a good book, one that explains how sexuality and representation works. I would have loved it more if there wasn't unnecessary drama. It almost seemed forced. But I'd definitely recommend this for anyone who would want to learn about all the lesser known identities.