Plot:
Emergency Contact meets Moxie in this cheeky and searing novel that unpacks just how complicated new love can get…when you fall for your enemy.
Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper. That is, until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Len—who is tall, handsome, and male—just seems more like a leader.
When Eliza’s frustration spills out in a viral essay, she finds herself inspiring a feminist movement she never meant to start, caught between those who believe she’s a gender equality champion and others who think she’s simply crying misogyny.
Amid this growing tension, the school asks Eliza and Len to work side by side to demonstrate civility. But as they get to know one another, Eliza feels increasingly trapped by a horrifying realization—she just might be falling for the face of the patriarchy himself.
Review:
I have some mixed feelings about this one!
I loved her point of view yet at the same time I didn’t like her annoyingness. Discovering feminism and the hypocritical-ness in teenagers as they discover something new / seeing the sexism around them was interesting.
Eliza and Len’s story was cute but I was annoyed she didn’t discover it sooner to go with her instincts than to go with the crowd but could understand it.
They went from a stereotypical ‘oh he’s a jock so I automatically don’t like him’ to both really liking each other.
I feel like the ending could have been a bit more. It just seemed a bit lazy the way it finished.
Overall I did enjoy it, 3.5/5 Stars
C’s La Vie 