

Now if I get a chance I will make her my bestfriend, like she is so cool and awesome, I can spend nights with her obsessing over the boys. "Do you want to talk about it?’ says Rowan.

I cried for him and with him throughout the book. He is going through some really tough time and he have these violent episodes of panic attacks which literally scared the shit out of me. Now Jimmy is my precious son, I can go to lengths to protect him, dare say anything about him and I will break your teeth. ✒ Jimmy :- biracial ( Indian and Italian ), trans,gay,musician, front man of the band. ".and really you should have ended up with better genes than this" "Fortunately for us, I’m excellent at faking being okay with things, even when inside my brain there is a tiny screaming gnome who is definitely not okay." They usually just found me annoying, because once I start talking about The Ark, or anything really, I find it kind of hard to stop." "The Ark with me – my school friends, my parents, my older brother – but no one really cared. Like totally she represented me totally in first half of book when she was obsessing over the boys. ✒ Angel :- hijabi Muslim, might be questioning, huge fan of The Arc. Now moving on to characters, now by this time you all might know how much I love Alice Oseman and one of the main reasons for that is how come she creates such likeable and realistic characters everytime! The book explores the theme of fandom, idolization, fame, way we treat our idols, friendship, importance of friendship, layers of friendship, mental health, alcoholism, LGBTQIAP+ representation. The story follows as what happens when both of their world collide.ĭon't think it's a romance book.

Īnd we have Jimmy Ricia, front man of The Arc band, who is currently going to a tough phase in his life managing himself between all this fame, new contract, loads of work and of course his mental health. The book follows up a story of a teen, hijabi Muslim girl Angel who is like a huge fan of this teen boy band 'The Arc' and she is visiting her online friend Julie for first time so they can attend this concert of The Arc. "I think the truth is that everyone in the entire world is confused and nobody understands much of anything at all." It has already qualified as my favourite y/a fiction of all time.

This book hit a bit too close to me, like if I say it's probably going to be one of my favourite books it's going to be a bit of understatement. Right now I am anything but calm plus I have been crying for an hour thinking about this book, "my boys" and everything I have put my heart in for them!
