I'd argue that friends are the most important relationships in your life. Friends, even best friends, often seems to take the runner-up position once someone is in a relationship and it frustrates me when I see that happening. I also loved the strong focus on friendships. No one has the right to make you feel bad for being you and taking things at your own stride. And while there's so much pressure to have a relationship and to lose your virginity, our worth isn't measured in the age that we first had sex, when we came out or if we did either of these things in the first place. Either it wasn't the right moment or it's not for you. Equally important is the knowledge that even though it seems like everyone is obsessed with sex and finding a partner, it's perfectly okay if you've not kissed anyone, whether you're 18 or 24 or 40. It's important to know that there is no shame in having many casual sexual partners, no shame in masturbation.

It also happened to be the funniest chapter in the book and had me in tears on the floor. It was a super sex-positive novel and a whole chapter was dedicated to masturbation. It's so cool to see an artist find their rhythm and I can proudly say that Loveless is Alice at her best. With each of the Shadow & Bone books she improved her storytelling and then Six of Crows came around the corner and took. The first time I saw this happen was with Leigh Bardugo. One of my favourite things about following a writer's journey from the first book they published to their most recent work is that you can see how they grow and how much they improve their craft. This wise, warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman on towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn’t limited to romance. Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along? With new terms thrown at her – asexual, aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever. Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s sure she’ll find her person one day.Īs she starts university with her best friends, Pip and Jason, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia’s ready to find romance, and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society, her ‘teenage dream’ is in sight.īut when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends, Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors, and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her. No boys, no girls, not a single person I had ever met. The fourth novel from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman – one of the most authentic and talked-about voices in contemporary YA.

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