Alex, Approximately is my FAVORITE young adult book of all time, so of course I need to read any book that claims to be similar. I definitely still like Alex, Approximately more, but can't really say that's a shock because, again... favorite YA of all time status. But don't let that deter you from reading this because I did really like it! Wyn and Three both write for the school newspaper, and even beyond competing for the same Campus Life position, their personalities clash. They do petty things like steal each other's story ideas and sell each other's stories to other news outlets before publication. Then, they anonymously match with each other on a dating app and hit it off.

I appreciated the conversations around being fat and how HARD escaping internalized fatphobia can be, because it's just so "sticky." Even though Wyn has grown to love her fatness, she still fears that it's a turn-off to potential romantic partners. Wyn and her friend/roommate, Dara, have a similar conversation about being Black on a dating app. I thought this was well done.

I didn't realize Three is a character from another one of Samantha Markum's books, so now I need to read her backlist. I'd never heard of her before finding this one on Netgalley, so I'm excited to have found a wonderful new-to-me author to explore!

In terms of the audio, I really liked the narrator. Her voice sounded exactly as I would have pictured Wyn's voice. She was animated and youthful (which I think is necessary when narrating young adult books, since sometimes the narrators just sound "too old," if you know what I mean?).

Thank you to Spotify Audiobooks for the advanced copy of this book!