*Thank you to the editor Ahimsa Press for providing an e-ARC copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Overall I enjoyed The Anti-Virginity Pact, but was expecting something more impactful.

Trigger warnings for sexual assault, bullying and animal cruelty. I mus also note that religion and discussion of beliefs are a main topic of the story.

While there were important topics talked about in the story, it felt like there were too many topics but too little time to actually explore them properly. The plot was a bit broken and all over the place for me, with to many threads that didn't intertwined harmoniously. The pacing was off for me too, the first half was pretty slow and in the second part everything happens all at once with very fast resolutions.

As for the characters, I found them all a bit superficial, I didn't really connect with any of them and felt like they lacked development and depth, which in turn made me not understand at all some decisions and behaviours. I did like the discussion on religion and I think that that part of the plot was well done, with an interesting progress. I also liked and found important the ultimate decision of the main character of coming forward and reporting on something that happens to her.

The writing was average, wasn't amazing or terrible. It's very simple (a bit juvenile for me at times) , with some repetitive expressions, and while there were some good lines, nothing really stood out to me.

All in all, The Anti-Virginity Pact was an easy contemporary read, with good discussion on religion and sexuality/virginity in high school!