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A review by unhingedbookbitch
Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
⭐️4.5
🌶️3.5
He’s got caddie issues lol.
Tags: F/M golfing romcom, famous person x #1 Fan, he falls first, type 1 diabetes rep, dual POVs, overprotective MMC, grumpy (him)/sunshine (her), forced proximity, she ate his 🍑 in the shower
Triggers: hurricane, low key alcoholism, lack of health insurance leads to lack of necessary medicine
The Thot’s Plot:
So Miss Girl Josephine is a fan of this hot golfer guy named Wells Whitaker (didn’t know one could dedicate oneself to a golfer but ig he’s hot?). Wells is on the decline in golfing like he is sucking bad and everyone hates him cause he’s an asssh*le but Josephine is like still dedicated for some reason. Couldn’t be me. I give up on men quickly even if they’re hot. Anyways, they live in Florida (which makes the plot make a lot more sense) and a hurricane hits and Josephine’s family’s golf shop (I could only picture like a shitty mini golf course lol) get’s damaged badddd so homegirl is like I HAVE NO MONEY AND I USED MONEY FOR INSURANCE TO BUY MEDICALLY NECESSARY THING (I feel ya girl) so she’s in the shitter basically in terms of reviving her fam’s biz. So Wells like goes to check on her (cause he’s horny for his fangirl but won ’t admit it) and offers miss girl a job as his caddie for large sums of money. SO the two start their teamification of golferama and Wells starts making a comeback then eventually c*ms on Josephine’s back. I said what I said.
The Thot’s Thoughts:
First off what the fuck with the name? Sounds like some shit someone would yell in the pit of a One Direction concert (I would know cause I experienced it).
Josephine and Wells feel like Tessa’s first deep characters that were pretty well-rounded (besides the cringey crap). Josephine’s diabetes rep and how this disability affected her upbringing, choices, and personality felt better written than other TB characters I’ve read in the past. Also, Wells’ actual bad boy (like went to juvie) cause of a shitty home life which led to his shitty personality made sense. I went in being very judgy toward these characters since TB characters are usually one dimensional and like all the sneak peaks we were getting we’re just like eye rolling cringe. But (although not the most developed) these were definitely the most shaped characters she’s written in my opinion. Like I always enjoy her books just because they’re silly and fun and spicy, but it was like nice to have characters that like had a richer background and weren’t as shallow as a kiddie pool. Josephine had some real life serious shit going on like the inability to pay for medically necessary things to live, lack of insurance (and how debilitating it is without it), and keeping her family’s small business afloat. Like I was able to justify some of the cringe shit lol.
This was also the first Tessa Bailey couple where the couple felt like partners and had open conversations (even hard ones). Like Josephine even says it at one point that she misses her partner. Like even tho Wells was a caveman sometimes like he was the most mature MMC of TB’s I’ve experienced.
The Thot’s (random) Thoughts:
- not the first page being an explanation of what a fangirl is. ITS GIVING WATTPAD 2012
- Oh this takes place in Florida… that makes sense
- Wells Whitaker sounds like the name of a guy who is in the “country” fraternity, majors in finance but cheats on every test, and accidentally lit his hair on fire after doing a line of coke (this is not a compliment)
- This guy gets into bar fights. This only reaffirms my previous point. He’s not even the fun kinda bad boy.
- Miss girl wore this golfer’s brand of pants to his golf game while following him around the state… Lock her up. This is a crime. No man is worth that kind of attention.
- As someone who stalked One Direction multiple times, I’m finding it hard to relate to this “fangirl.” Like sis be cool about it like stop being fucking weird.
- This girl is a stalker. Like not even low key. She’s a high key stalker. And not the fun dark romance kind. Like Wells needs to lock his doors and put his drawers in a safe cause she’s coming
- Look I’m a high energy bitch but this hoe must be snorting adderall and shoving coke in her ass to give her this much energy. SMOKE A J AND CALM YOUR TITS GIRL THIS MAN CLEARLY IS A PIECE OF SHIT
- OK, I’m gonna say it… if Josephine wasn’t a conventionally attractive, skinny white girl, would Wells even care about her? Like it’s giving would Edward have even cared about Bella if he could read her mind?
- The SECOND HAND EMBARRASSMENT I FELT WHEN JOSEPHINE PAINTED WELLS’ (HER BOSS???) NAME ON HER TOES AND HE SAW!!!! GIRL I SHOULDNT FEEL BAD FOE YOU! You brought this UPON YOURSELF
- When Wells starts grinding up on miss girl over here, SHE TAKES CONTROL OF THE GAME SIS IS 1. LISTING DEMANDS 2. CALLING THE SHOTS 3. SHE IS MAKING HIM BEND TO HER WILL (girlboss in bed)
- I’m gonna say it… golf is not a sexy game but TB has the rent PAST DUE and is making golfing as sexual as possible. I’m not complaining.
- No matching outfits plz Jesus Christ. My used to put me and my sisters in matching outfits as toddlers. Nobody wants to see adults play dress match up unless they dressing as The Shining twins and even THAT is a stretch
- These hoes thirsty af get them some milk YALL ARE ABOUT TO BE ON TV PLAYING GOLF PUT YOUR TITTIES AWAY (& I’m referring to both Josephine and Wells)
- My girl is playing with his booty hole fr.
- AND NOT SHES EATING HIS ASS HOW THE TURN TABLES. She like his hole and his shaft (golf pun)
- I have seen the word “epithets” used 3 times in this book and like I’ve never even heard that word before ESPECIALLY MID COITUS (I didn’t do well on my standardized testing okayyyy??)
- LEMME JUST SAY. If my mom walked in on my young, hot, rich famous boss guy making the moves on me, she’d be ELATED.
- Just when I start believing in TB, SHE DOES SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME MAD. The MMC legit states that “Champagne was for women…” wtf is this misogynistic behavior in the year of our lord 2024 TB???? You telling me your daddy doesn’t drink the bubbly??? RED FLAF RED FLAG
- I feel like this whole book idea came from when Tessa Bailey was riding a golf cart and was like what if someone got railed on this??
🌶️3.5
He’s got caddie issues lol.
Tags: F/M golfing romcom, famous person x #1 Fan, he falls first, type 1 diabetes rep, dual POVs, overprotective MMC, grumpy (him)/sunshine (her), forced proximity, she ate his 🍑 in the shower
Triggers: hurricane, low key alcoholism, lack of health insurance leads to lack of necessary medicine
The Thot’s Plot:
So Miss Girl Josephine is a fan of this hot golfer guy named Wells Whitaker (didn’t know one could dedicate oneself to a golfer but ig he’s hot?). Wells is on the decline in golfing like he is sucking bad and everyone hates him cause he’s an asssh*le but Josephine is like still dedicated for some reason. Couldn’t be me. I give up on men quickly even if they’re hot. Anyways, they live in Florida (which makes the plot make a lot more sense) and a hurricane hits and Josephine’s family’s golf shop (I could only picture like a shitty mini golf course lol) get’s damaged badddd so homegirl is like I HAVE NO MONEY AND I USED MONEY FOR INSURANCE TO BUY MEDICALLY NECESSARY THING (I feel ya girl) so she’s in the shitter basically in terms of reviving her fam’s biz. So Wells like goes to check on her (cause he’s horny for his fangirl but won ’t admit it) and offers miss girl a job as his caddie for large sums of money. SO the two start their teamification of golferama and Wells starts making a comeback then eventually c*ms on Josephine’s back. I said what I said.
The Thot’s Thoughts:
First off what the fuck with the name? Sounds like some shit someone would yell in the pit of a One Direction concert (I would know cause I experienced it).
Josephine and Wells feel like Tessa’s first deep characters that were pretty well-rounded (besides the cringey crap). Josephine’s diabetes rep and how this disability affected her upbringing, choices, and personality felt better written than other TB characters I’ve read in the past. Also, Wells’ actual bad boy (like went to juvie) cause of a shitty home life which led to his shitty personality made sense. I went in being very judgy toward these characters since TB characters are usually one dimensional and like all the sneak peaks we were getting we’re just like eye rolling cringe. But (although not the most developed) these were definitely the most shaped characters she’s written in my opinion. Like I always enjoy her books just because they’re silly and fun and spicy, but it was like nice to have characters that like had a richer background and weren’t as shallow as a kiddie pool. Josephine had some real life serious shit going on like the inability to pay for medically necessary things to live, lack of insurance (and how debilitating it is without it), and keeping her family’s small business afloat. Like I was able to justify some of the cringe shit lol.
This was also the first Tessa Bailey couple where the couple felt like partners and had open conversations (even hard ones). Like Josephine even says it at one point that she misses her partner. Like even tho Wells was a caveman sometimes like he was the most mature MMC of TB’s I’ve experienced.
The Thot’s (random) Thoughts:
- not the first page being an explanation of what a fangirl is. ITS GIVING WATTPAD 2012
- Oh this takes place in Florida… that makes sense
- Wells Whitaker sounds like the name of a guy who is in the “country” fraternity, majors in finance but cheats on every test, and accidentally lit his hair on fire after doing a line of coke (this is not a compliment)
- This guy gets into bar fights. This only reaffirms my previous point. He’s not even the fun kinda bad boy.
- Miss girl wore this golfer’s brand of pants to his golf game while following him around the state… Lock her up. This is a crime. No man is worth that kind of attention.
- As someone who stalked One Direction multiple times, I’m finding it hard to relate to this “fangirl.” Like sis be cool about it like stop being fucking weird.
- This girl is a stalker. Like not even low key. She’s a high key stalker. And not the fun dark romance kind. Like Wells needs to lock his doors and put his drawers in a safe cause she’s coming
- Look I’m a high energy bitch but this hoe must be snorting adderall and shoving coke in her ass to give her this much energy. SMOKE A J AND CALM YOUR TITS GIRL THIS MAN CLEARLY IS A PIECE OF SHIT
- OK, I’m gonna say it… if Josephine wasn’t a conventionally attractive, skinny white girl, would Wells even care about her? Like it’s giving would Edward have even cared about Bella if he could read her mind?
- The SECOND HAND EMBARRASSMENT I FELT WHEN JOSEPHINE PAINTED WELLS’ (HER BOSS???) NAME ON HER TOES AND HE SAW!!!! GIRL I SHOULDNT FEEL BAD FOE YOU! You brought this UPON YOURSELF
- When Wells starts grinding up on miss girl over here, SHE TAKES CONTROL OF THE GAME SIS IS 1. LISTING DEMANDS 2. CALLING THE SHOTS 3. SHE IS MAKING HIM BEND TO HER WILL (girlboss in bed)
- I’m gonna say it… golf is not a sexy game but TB has the rent PAST DUE and is making golfing as sexual as possible. I’m not complaining.
- No matching outfits plz Jesus Christ. My used to put me and my sisters in matching outfits as toddlers. Nobody wants to see adults play dress match up unless they dressing as The Shining twins and even THAT is a stretch
- These hoes thirsty af get them some milk YALL ARE ABOUT TO BE ON TV PLAYING GOLF PUT YOUR TITTIES AWAY (& I’m referring to both Josephine and Wells)
- My girl is playing with his booty hole fr.
- AND NOT SHES EATING HIS ASS HOW THE TURN TABLES. She like his hole and his shaft (golf pun)
- I have seen the word “epithets” used 3 times in this book and like I’ve never even heard that word before ESPECIALLY MID COITUS (I didn’t do well on my standardized testing okayyyy??)
- LEMME JUST SAY. If my mom walked in on my young, hot, rich famous boss guy making the moves on me, she’d be ELATED.
- Just when I start believing in TB, SHE DOES SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME MAD. The MMC legit states that “Champagne was for women…” wtf is this misogynistic behavior in the year of our lord 2024 TB???? You telling me your daddy doesn’t drink the bubbly??? RED FLAF RED FLAG
- I feel like this whole book idea came from when Tessa Bailey was riding a golf cart and was like what if someone got railed on this??