![]() I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston ().Fans of Alice Oseman’s popular Heartstopper series will definitely want to pick this one up. John Allison’s Giant Days series also strikes similar notes with its humorous portrayal of a group of British friends navigating young adulthood in a university setting. Readers who enjoyed the first-year-of-college awkwardness of Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell will also find much to love in Loveless. Loveless will appeal to a wide spectrum of teens, though readers should be aware that there are depictions of internalized ace/aro-phobia. A diverse cast of secondary characters rounds out this engaging coming-of-age story. Georgia’s journey is introspective, though Oseman manages to maintain a breezy romcom style that keeps the pages turning and provides a few laughs along the way. There aren’t a ton of YA books that center asexual and/or aromantic characters, so Loveless is a welcome addition to the LGBTQ+ field. Good thing she has some amazing friends to help her figure things out. But after a few revelations, it starts to become clear to Georgia that attraction doesn’t work the same way for her as it seems to for everyone else. For her first year at university, she is determined to find someone that she likes in that way. White, British, romcom-loving teen Georgia has always been told that she would eventually find someone she would be attracted to, but Georgia is tired of waiting. ![]()
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