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4.5 stars

everyone needs to read this book. I said it and I will stand by it. This book has the perfect balance of romance and exposing societys problems and i loved how it brought them both together.

I'm too distracted by touching him to get anything more than what he looks like: the soft curve of his stomach, skin dotted with freckles. A trail of reddish hair disappearing into his boxer briefs"

my belly has a soft curve to it, too, paint pink streach marks around my hips and waist, beneath my arms and along my breasts. I thought I'd be self-conscious with someone I met only a few hours ago, but the way hes gazing at me leaves little room for it"

I am so sick of books, porn, and media portraying that women don't have streach marks, hair and a perfectly flat stomach. Not only is it unrealistic to the people watching it but makes us as viewers and readers feel bad. You may argue that it is in fun and that not everything needs to be realistic. Which is true, but when everything you consume is like that it can be very unhealthy. I also adore that the author included that guys (even better that hes an actor) don't all have abs and perfectly smooth skin apart from the places that are 'sexy' to have hair.

" Sometimes it seemed like you were trying to find something you lost in my vagina. All search and no rescue."

"And that would be a little something called the male gaze"

This is my favourite part of the novel. The awkwardness, the second hand embarassment because it was to true because no, not all men are going to know what to do to please a women and thats okay. its not all in and out like porn shows. It so unrealistic and this book shows that so well! it teaches us that most times women don't have plesure because porn is for the male gaze and is so hard to find ones where women are actually enjoying themselves.

"I have no idea what i'm doing!" A guy biking past us holds up a fist. "None of us do, bro" he says, and Finn gives him a halfhearted fist pump.

Finn was such a great in depth character. He had so much emotinal intelligence which is such a breath of fresh air. I loved seeing him grow as a character and see him grow in confinace as he understood how to 'do sex'. And him being an actor added another layer of complexity because it tells us that celibrities are human, which i personally think that people forget and treat them as gods. Seeing him and his personal struggles broke my heart.

"Well, he whispers into my ear, right before he does it again, "Thats a nice surprise"

for all you thirsty bitches this book is for you, its spicy AS DIRECTED BY CHANDLER which is even more amazing because it just gets more intesne and better as the book went on.

the nerd steryotype, and how much Hollywood has at turns degraded and hypersexualised it

Chandler Lacked something for me, but to be honest almost all female characters do(which is an issue), i didn't relate to her as much but i still enjoyed her character as she want along. Her and her google docs? iconic i love women that use google docs they are supreme to everyone else. I liked seeing her becoming more comfortable in herself but that third act break up was so unnecessary to the plot and I hated her for it.

the pop culture references are why this book is a 4.5 and not a 5 star, they kept popping up *eye twitch* and i could not, in good conscious give it five stars with that in it.

but i definatly think that everyone should read, its such a good book that explores problems with society while being a fun romcom! not something all authors can achieve.