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The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
5.0

I completely gobbled this book up! (and not just because the ebook loan was about to expire from my library) This book was a really charming YA contemporary. Molly struggles with anxiety, body issues, a desperate desire for love without the confidence to pursue it. Reading this book took me back to being 17 in all the good and bad ways: the freedom of finding oneself, spending time with friends, figuring out who you are, but also the constant pressure you feel comparing yourself to one another, the insecurities, and the realizations that you're becoming an adult. There was also a lot of diversity in this book in terms of sexuality, race, ethnicity, and religion, which felt pretty realistic to the DC suburbs.

I think it's official: I'm a big Becky Albertalli fan.