4/5 stars!

I finished this so long ago. I cannot believe it has taken me so long to gush about this amazing book. I thoroughly truly enjoyed this book and I recommend it to every little pre-teen (and anyone older) out there.

As a young woman who has been "bigger" and "plus-sized" their whole life I have purposely stayed away from books with plus-sized women as MCs that touch on the struggles of growing up and being plus size in society. This has been for my own mental health, because I didn't know how I would handle it. (This is why I was so freaking excited for Leah on the Offbeat because plus size MC with the plot not focused on it!) Anyway, my choice to read this book was a big step, but I am so glad I did it.

Virginia felt every single emotion I felt growing up. All these feelings I had were put onto paper in this character who was really nothing like me. I cried this whole book and most of it was just this empathy I had never experienced before. It wasn't sad or happy, just good and I think that's what made me truly love this book so much.

Despite that aspect of this book I also loved the plot and characters. So many different things were touched on and I think it was all done pretty well. I found myself wanting the author to dive more into some topics and that is why I ended up knocking off a star, because sometimes it seemed all over the place. But also I will come back to this review after I read the sequel to see if I still feel the same way.

In conclusion, I'm really into this book and I'm super pumped to read the sequel.