Today I’m excited to participate in the Bookstagram & Creative Tour for Boys I know by Anna Gracia hosted by Turn the Page Tours.
TITLE: Boys I Know
AUTHOR: Anna Gracia (please due make sure you do not spell this as Garcia, as that is not her name)
PUBLISHER: Peachtree Teen
PUBLICATION DATE: July 26th, 2022
GENRE(S): Young Adult Fiction—Contemporary, Romance
BUY LINK: https://bookshop.org/a/11727/9781682633717
TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING(S): Microaggressions, On-Page Sex
SYNOPSIS:
June Chu is the “just good enough” girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and steal secret kisses from her AP Bio partner, Rhys. But not good enough to meet literally any of her Taiwanese mother’s unrelenting expectations or to get Rhys to commit to anything beyond a well-timed joke.
While June’s mother insists she follow in her (perfect) sister’s footsteps and get a (full-ride) violin scholarship to Northwestern (to study pre-med), June doesn’t see the point in trying too hard if she’s destined to fall short anyway. Instead, she focuses her efforts on making her relationship with Rhys “official.” But after her methodically-planned, tipsily-executed scheme explodes on the level of a nuclear disaster, she flings herself into a new relationship with a guy who’s not allergic to the word “girlfriend.”
But as the line between sex and love blurs, and pressure to map out her entire future threatens to burst, June will have to decide on whose terms she’s going to live her life—even if it means fraying her relationship with her mother beyond repair.
♤ rating: 4.5/5
♤ review: it’s a one setting read, but it took me crazy long due to my school reopening!! But among all the chaos going on, this book helped me distract a LOT! I mean, i was hooked for sure and love the messier it got!
I am in love with the romance part of this novel!! Her interactions were so goooddd and tbh i just wanted it to keep going. Also, when she got compared to her sister, ughh!! (Omg stop comparing two siblings) it really annoyed me and got a reaction outta me!!
I think I’m gonna re-read this some day, and of course pick up new reads by Anna!
♡thanks to @turnthepagetours for the copy! Also check out other tour member posts!
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Anna grew up biracial in the Midwest, spending her formative years repeatedly answering the question “What are you?” Before finding her way as a young adult author, she was a CPA, a public school teacher, a tennis coach, and for one glorious summer, a waitress at a pie shop. She now lives on the West Coast, raising three kids and writing stories about girls navigating a world full of double standards.
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