Jessie reviewed Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
Review of 'Cool for the Summer' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I love this book. This book is everything I never knew I needed in a book. Larissa, who is perfectly imperfect and complex in exactly the way you want your female characters to be, finds herself full of conflicted feelings when the guy of her dreams finally shows an interest in her--at the same time the girl she had a summer fling with appears, having transferred to her school. The only problem is, said girl won't acknowledge they even know each other, much less that they were together. Once I got into this book, I couldn't put it down, as the story weaves between the present and the past to paint a full picture of Larissa and Jasmine's swoon-worthy romance. Lots of great representation here, including POC, queer characters, a single-family household, a child of divorce, and various degrees of commitment to Judaism. I related a lot also to feeling like one's identity changes with one's hairstyle. A great, light YA novel for romance lovers, especially us bi romance lovers.