The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)

The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)

Hardback
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"This book is the queer, fat girl rom-com of my dreams! Plus-size fashion, a fat girl falling in love, nuanced friendships, and cheeseburgers! Did I mention cheeseburgers?" —Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'

Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people’s lives. While her friends and sister have plunged headfirst into the world of dating and romances, Abby’s been happy to focus on her plus-size style blog and her dreams of taking the fashion industry by storm. When she lands a great internship at her favorite boutique, she’s thrilled to take the first step toward her dream career. Then she falls for her fellow intern, Jordi Perez. Hard. And now she’s competing against the girl she’s kissing to win the coveted paid job at the end of the internship.

But really, nothing this summer is going as planned. She also unwittingly becomes friends with Jax, a lacrosse playing bro-type who wants her help finding the best burger in Los Angeles, and she’s struggling to prove to her mother—the city’s celebrity health nut—that she’s perfectly content with who she is.

Just as Abby starts to feel like she’s no longer the sidekick in her own life, Jordi’s photography surprisingly puts her in the spotlight. Instead of feeling like she’s landed a starring role, Abby feels betrayed. Can Abby find a way to reconcile her positive yet private sense of self with the image others have of her?
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Hardback
Pages
284
Price
17.91 €

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ur like a weird onion. I laugh aloud. A weird onion??? His response is almost instantaneous, as though he was waiting for me to ask. lots of layers of weird. i dig it. I shelved this book in 2017 and I FINALLY read it! This book was so much fun! This is finally an interesting, fluffy and well written lesbian romance and there was so much representation as well! Obviously, the two main characters are gay and Jordi has Mexican roots. I hate nothing more than an unlikable character but Abby was great. She’s fat and has a plus size fashion blog. Her mother’s a nutritionist and wants Abby to lose weight but she stays true to herself through the entire book, which I really liked. She really lived her passion and I would have loved to read more about the internship but oh well, you can’t get everything. And I really liked Jax! He was such a good friend to Abby (and I definitely liked him better than Maliah). I think it was a bit too much insta-love but c’mon, lesbians deserve a great love story! The only aspect I didn’t like is that towards the end, the conflict could have been resolved sooner if Abby had only TALKED to Jordi. It was also quite abrupt and it could have been two or three chapters longer. I wasn’t ready to let go of the characters. All in all, such an enjoyable fluffy read that I’d definitely recommend!

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