Sophie Chi is in her first year at Wellesley College (despite her parents’ wishes that she attend a “real” university, rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aromantic and asexual identities. Despite knowing she’ll never fall in love, she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at Wellesley. No one except her roommate knows that she’s behind the incredibly popular "Dear Wendy" account.
When Joanna “Jo” Ephron―also a first-year student at Wellesley―created their “Sincerely Wanda” account, it wasn't at all meant to be serious or take off like it does―not like Dear Wendy’s. But now they might have a rivalry of sorts with Dear Wendy? Oops . As if Jo’s not busy enough having existential crises over gender, the fact that she’ll never truly be loved or be enough, or her few friends finding The One and forgetting her!
While tensions are rising online, Sophie and Jo are getting closer in real life, bonding over their shared aroace identities. As their friendship develops and they work together to start a campus organization for other a-spec students, can their growing bond survive if they learn just who’s behind the Wendy and Wanda accounts?
A book about ace people! A book about ace people that acknowledges the vast breadth that 'ace' encompasses! I agree with Jo and Sophie; we need far more ace representation in media.
This is a nice, gentle read, and I really enjoyed watching Wendy and Wanda pick at each other while Jo and Sophie got closer! It was a lot of fun, with a few deeper moments as they tried to figure out their gender identities. I appreciated that the book made a point of saying that no one has this figured out yet, and that it's fine to be unsure and to change your mind; sometimes it feels like we're expected to know instinctively, and it's nice to be reminded that we're all just stumbling along together.
A great read that I highly recommend, and I look forward to selling it.
Dear Wendy publishes on the 16th April, 2024. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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