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A review by eloise_bradbooks
Planning Perfect by Haley Neil
emotional
inspiring
4.0
A solid YA about a girl who tries to craft the perfect wedding for her mother, while dealing with a lot of pressure (from herself), a distant best friend and lots of questions regarding dating while being ace.
Some might put Felicity into the "annoying character" box as she's an over-worker, anxious perfectionist who can get wild and forget about other people's feelings at times. But this is about her learning to let go and enjoy the ride, and create things that her friends and family will love, without it having to be "traditionally perfect", and I really appreciated that.
What I loved most was Felicity's struggles with wanting to date Nancy while being very insecure about the fact she is ace. She worries about what that means when Nancy seems to like physical affection in a way Felicity might never be able to give. The whole "why am I like this?" speech us aces always seem to have to go through.
On one hand, I loved reading so much about it, I saw so much of myself in Felicity as an anxious biromantic asexual girl who hasn't ever really dated before.
Then again, I would have appreciated it even more if we got to see Felicity and Nancy talk TOGETHER about sexuality, boundries, and how they could make it work as a couple.
Yeah, the main plot points were predictable and might I even say quite simple.
But it doesn't really matter so much for me as this type of character and character development means a lot.
Felicity and her close friends and parents were very lovable (while being flawed!), they all grew and learned, and came together to form a big found family.
Some might put Felicity into the "annoying character" box as she's an over-worker, anxious perfectionist who can get wild and forget about other people's feelings at times. But this is about her learning to let go and enjoy the ride, and create things that her friends and family will love, without it having to be "traditionally perfect", and I really appreciated that.
What I loved most was Felicity's struggles with wanting to date Nancy while being very insecure about the fact she is ace. She worries about what that means when Nancy seems to like physical affection in a way Felicity might never be able to give. The whole "why am I like this?" speech us aces always seem to have to go through.
On one hand, I loved reading so much about it, I saw so much of myself in Felicity as an anxious biromantic asexual girl who hasn't ever really dated before.
Then again, I would have appreciated it even more if we got to see Felicity and Nancy talk TOGETHER about sexuality, boundries, and how they could make it work as a couple.
Yeah, the main plot points were predictable and might I even say quite simple.
But it doesn't really matter so much for me as this type of character and character development means a lot.
Felicity and her close friends and parents were very lovable (while being flawed!), they all grew and learned, and came together to form a big found family.