I'm always about plus-size MCs, and the cover of this alone captured my attention. A fat girl getting the guy at the end? Heck yes. A fat girl learning who she is and loving it? Even more of a heck yes. I enjoyed the friendship between Nala and her cousin/sister/friend as well as their mutual best friend, and it was very realistic in how they begin to grow as individuals and learn how to not be codependent on each other. Nala was a little more slow when it came to that, but honestly, I think that was her childhood coming out. I think she gets comfortable with people, and it's hard to branch out from that bubble that you know. I was like that in high school.

I will say, though, that I found the group that her cousin/sister/friend to be a part of to be...almost militant in their ideologies. They were very stringent on their beliefs, and not that they needed to give, but even I had to roll my eyes at them half the time. There was also the constant judging Nala did on the other girls who were passionate about this program. There is, of course, the whole lying to a dude she liked to get him to like her, and the fact that their relationship went from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds flat. This book felt rushed in some parts and dragged on in others. I was disappointed that she never got to do that heritage project where her grandmother lived, and I wish that she would have been able to finally do something that she felt passionate about.

Either way, I enjoyed the book, and I would recommend checking it out when it comes out in a few months.