Disclaimer: I received an e-arc and a finished copy of the book from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

Author: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Book Series: Standalone

Diversity: twin, fat, Mexican American MC rep
Mexican American side characters
Latinx characters
Disabled character

Rating: 4/5

Recommended For...: Young adult readers, contemporary

Genre: YA Contemporary

Publication Date: August 10, 2021

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Pages: 415

Recommended Age: 15+ (Sexual content, Body shaming, Slut shaming, Abelism, Racism, Colorism, Violence, Child abuse TW, Emotional abuse, cyberbullying, homophobia, Suicide TW, Fatphobia, Romance)

Explanation of CWs: Mentions of sex and sexual activity. Fatphobia and body and slut shaming are integral to the story. There's also abelist, racist, and colorist comments made to the characters. Child abuse is mentioned as well as threats of institutionalization.

Synopsis: When her twin sister reaches social media stardom, Moon Fuentez accepts her fate as the ugly, unwanted sister hidden in the background, destined to be nothing more than her sister’s camerawoman. But this summer, Moon also takes a job as the “merch girl” on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers and her fate begins to shift in the best way possible.

Most notable is her bunkmate and new nemesis, Santiago Phillips, who is grumpy, combative, and also the hottest guy Moon has ever seen.

Moon is certain she hates Santiago and that he hates her back. But as chance and destiny (and maybe, probably, close proximity) bring the two of them in each other’s perpetual paths, Moon starts to wonder if that’s really true. She even starts to question her destiny as the unnoticed, unloved wallflower she always thought she was.

Could this summer change Moon’s life as she knows it?

Review: For the most part I enjoyed this book. The book is so sweetly wrote and I love the rep in it. I also love how well the characters are developed and the world building was wonderfully well done. I also thought that the book did well to discuss Fatphobia in today's world and how social media influences that. I also love the sex positive message in this book and it was one I definitely needed to read.

However, the book is really hard to get into. The style that it's wrote in is a little hard to get used to and the pacing is slow. The book also goes back and forth a lot in the time line so it makes it hard to keep where you are.

Verdict: It's good just took a lot for me to get into.