“𝙸’𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚙. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚛-𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎.”

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Review:

A huge thank you to Harper Collins 360 and the author for the gifted copy of this fabulous book!

This was my first Jason June read and let me tell you, I’m running to Waterstones before work so I can pick up another if his works! I loved his fast paced, chatty writing style and I absolutely ate this book up! Did I stay up until 1am reading this last night? Yes! Do I regret it? Absolutely not! I was happy, silent (it was 1am I had to be respectful of my family) screaming at the ending!! I loved the addition of the podcast episodes in the chapters it helped add a flare of Riley’s personality!✨

RWNADTTGB was a fabulous queer-tastic coming of age story which explored the difficulties of friendships, life and finding love while being a queer teen. I went through a rollercoaster of emotions reading this, but a warm fuzzy happiness filled me throughout reading and I was unable to put this book down!

I love Riley! He’s funny, challenges gender ‘norms’, has a big heart and is as confident as a teen can be! I really enjoyed the chatty style we got as it gave a huge insight into him as a person, I felt like I knew him from page one. 

I liked that we got to see a different way of ‘dating’ most people would have jumped onto a dating app and found people that way, but Riley wanted to find that spark and connection tbrough meeting people and it was so refreshing! I Will however point out, Riley became a wee obsessed and started seeing everyone as a potential date rather than taking the time to get to know them. But he does reflect on that and starts dating’ for a boyfriend rather than ‘dating’ for a date.

We see a huge range of rep in RWNADTTGB including Riley who’s gay and femme, we also meet pansexual, bisexual, lesbian, gender fluid and many other queer characters along the way! At times it was hard to keep track of all the side changes, but the little descriptions Riley gives us of each character definitely made it easier! Also where can I find a place like Mountain Pass? All that queer support and happiness in one place? Sign me up😂

TW: Femmephobic comments are made towards the main character which may be triggering to some readers, there is an authors note at the begging which explains why they have been inputted, put yourself and your mental health first gorgeous✨

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