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Loveless by Alice Oseman
4.5
emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Alice genuinely puts magic into every single one of their books and I'm so happy that I get to read them and love them and hold them close to my heart 😭

Georgia was an absolute delight and such a breath of fresh air!! I loved her from the very first page, and her journey is very inspiring (even though she did have some stumbles along the way, but I loved the maturity with which she accepted that she'd messed up and proceeded to do her best to apologize and make it up to the people she loves)!

We don't get very much aro/ace representation as is - even with recent media starting to shine more of a light on these specific identities, they are still very much under attack even in queer spaces. So it makes me so happy that Alice, who is ace themselves, unapologetically gave us a protag who becomes more and more proud of who she is, even with the whole entire world telling her why she shouldn't be. The love and care put into this story, from Georgia's entire arc of realizing that love is not exclusively romantic, to her friends learning about what it means to be aro/ace alongside her and proceeding to support her unconditionally... it was an absolute delight to read about, and I love these kids a lot 🥺