From the author of Dear Martin comes this exploration of old friendships, new crushes, and the path to self-discovery. Courtney "Coop" Cooper Dumped. Again. And normally I wouldn't mind. But right now, my best friend and source of solace, Jupiter Sanchez, is ignoring me to text some girl. Rae Evelyn Chin I assumed "new girl" would be synonymous with "pariah," but Jupiter and Courtney make me feel like I'm right where I belong. I also want to kiss him. And her. Which is . . . perplexing. Jupiter Charity-Sanchez The only thing worse than losing the girl you love to a boy is losing her to your boy. That means losing him, too. I have to make a move. . . . One story. Three sides. No easy answers.
Publication Year: 2018
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010/22/18
Now that I'm thinking about this book again, I lowered it down to two stars.
I have so many more things that I disliked more than I liked.
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I didn't love this like I thought that I would. To be honest my thoughts are still all over the place. So much of this could have been cleared up with communication.
This book is told in three parts. We get the POV of each character. We have Coop, Rae, and Jupiter. Coop has been in love with his best friend Jupiter (who happens to be a lesbian) forever. Rae moves to town and is attracted to both Coop and Jupiter. Jupiter has feelings for Rae. As you can see this is was set up to be a bumpy ride.
Like I said before, so much of this could have been cleared up with communication. There were quite a bit of hidden feelings here and actions based on those feelings that kind of pissed me off. I struggled to get through Rae's POV. I really didn't like her character and thought things would have been so much better if she never came around. But at the same time, I can also see her as a catalyst. her being around set things in motion.
My favorite people of this whole novel were Britain and Golly. Those two characters were awesome and I loved every part of the book that they were in.
I feel like actual teens will really love this and it can bring some things to light for them. This book does tackle self-identity and that's a big thing for teens. Well, it was for me. Younger me would have loved this book!
Overall I can appreciate what the author was trying to do here, but it was a bit all over the place for me. To top it all off, the end wasn't what I would have expected it to be and it ended kind of open instead of actually giving an ending note.
While I do think this book would be helpful for some, it just didn't stand out for me.
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0I do not like this book. At first I did not know how to feel about it but after thinking more about it I HATE IT. The book made me frustrated the whole way through, I kept going just to know how it would end.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
The aspect of sexuality in this book made me uncomfortable. I do agree that sexuality is fluid and that labels can 100% change. But the way that Jupe is written is like she wakes up one morning and choses to like Cooper, meaning that she can choose her sexuality. As a person that is part of the LGBTQ+ community this seems harmful to me. This books was written for teenagers that can be a very impressionable audience, if a teenager was to only read this book they can have the wrong ideas and feel the urge to discredit people in their life.
The plot was overall just too much, there was a lot happening and it seems very far fetched for me.
My main issues with this book is how it represents the LGBTQ+ community. Not one of my favorite reads.
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