【 IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY 】

Entirely amazing and stressful as always.

Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance, Queer
Author: Becky Albertalli
Published: December 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 368 (paperback)

I am such a great admirer for the way Albertalli writes such complicated nuances of life in what is ultimately a light-hearted romance novel. So impressive!

This was possibly my favourite of hers to date. Such a unique perspective from what I’ve read in queer fiction until now – celebrating and centring the process and identity of questioning. All wrapped up in complex friendships and spiced with the steep learning curve of identifying toxicity.

Just amazing, and I expected nothing less 😍

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Title: Imogen, Obviously
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Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down.

She’s never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There’s Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen’s biases in check. And then there’s Lili–newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends.

Imogen’s thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she’s finally visiting Lili on campus, she’s bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen’s all in.

Even if that means bending the truth, just a little.

Like when Lili drops a tiny queer bombshell: she’s told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen is a raging hetero–not even Lili’s best friend, Tessa.

Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. . .