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A short, semi-cliché read. Taylor is dating Brad. But she really has a crush on her best friend Susan, not a great thing to be while living in the 90‘s. She has to figure out how deal with how she feels. I have to dock one star because this book had a lot of fat-shaming. 4⭐️

This book reminds me of the Winona Ryder movie Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael. A girl seeking a parent and sets her sights on a famous celebrity. But Taylor is a popular girl and she is secretly gay. The ending is different than the movie obviously. But the ending does allude to hope and yet also disappointment. The idea is life is what you make it, so make it. But sometimes life isn‘t easily controlled or we would all have what we want.

“What is it with you and my helmet?”
“I just like the way it feels.”
It hid me inside myself, where no one could get. It also made me feel powerful, like I could fly planes or beat up a Viking. Girls never got to wear helmets. We had to wear heels. We had to wear thongs.
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Image still from Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael starring Winona Ryder
1990

“I made a mess.”
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“Don‘t worry, somebody will clean it up.”

It‘s 1999 and Taylor is about to graduate. She‘s a popular girl. But she thinks what she wants is something she can never have. Maybe she will make things change.