I was sent this by the publisher, Swoon Reads in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

CW: eating disorder, panic attacks
rep: fat mc, sister is a lesbian, anxiety

I loved this so much! It gave me a lot of The Upside of Unrequited vibes. The romance was so cute, I shipped George and Savvy the whole way! This book is also very body positive! Savvy mentions to her mother, a former contestant on a weight loss show, “News flash: fat is not a bad word”.

To Be Honest has a great sister relationship and friendship. I loved Savvy’s relationship with her sister and her best friend, Grace! They were great influences for Savvy.

I could relate to Savvy in many ways especially her anxiety. I suffer from anxiety myself and I could totally relate to Savvy during her anxiety spirals and panic attacks.

I also really loved the aspect of Journalism. Savvy and her best friend, Grace uncover the truth about the schools baseball team scandal for their school newspaper. I liked reading about the story and the girls passion for writing.

Like Maggie’s debut novel, The Big F, this novel also dives into the topic of college. Savvy has to adjust to her sister, Ashley not being in the house and later on in the novel, Savvy revisits the idea of going to the same college as her sister.

I felt many similarities to The Big F, in particular the addition of pizza! I definitely was craving pizza and it felt like I was reading The Big F, again. Also some of the characters felt similar to those in The Big F. But I liked how the stories were opposites.

As I did love this book, some of my complaints are that I felt George’s character could’ve had more back story, I thought he definitely would’ve taken Savvy to homecoming and his excuse didn’t seem plausible. I also found some misspellings, yet I did have an ARC copy so I am hoping they will be fixed. Also, I wanted to see Savvy working, I was really bummed that she didn't have a job because it's normal for high school students to work part-time. Those are just a few issues I had.

Overall, I highly recommend this for fans of The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli and Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen.