The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Release Date: April 11, 2017
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love—she’s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.
Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back.
There’s only one problem: Molly’s coworker Reid. He’s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?
Molly Peskin-Suso has had dozens of crushes, but they've never gone anywhere. One night, she meets a girl, Mina, who she knows is perfect for her twin sister, Cassie. Then Molly meets Will, Mina's friend, and develops a new crush. However, she also meets another guy, Reid, at her work, and she might like him too . . . However, this isn't really a love triangle because Molly doesn't quite like the boys at the same time. Along the way, Molly also has to deal with possibly losing her relationship with her sister while their moms get married.
There was so many positive diversity in this book and I loved it all! Mina is pansexual, Cassie is a lesbian, and the twins' mom, Patty, is bisexual. Their other mom, Nadine, is black (this is how they are related to Abby Suso in Simon vs.), and Molly is fat. While she is self-conscious of this, her story is never centered on herself losing weight or changing herself, which is pretty rare in YA today, so this was pretty great.
Sometimes, though, I was a little annoyed by Cassie and Molly's relationship sometimes. I know it was all part of Molly's anxiety, but I feel like they should have talked more about how they felt. I feel like it would have been a big step for Molly, but they kind of just . . . started talking again. No real resolution at times, especially because the ending was somewhat sudden.
Overall, I really liked this book! It had so many diverse aspects, and I really related to Molly's anxiety about other people talking about her, which is a weird thing to relate to, but I do. If you want a fun book for the summer, read The Upside of Unrequited!
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