Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann

SYNOPSIS

As far as Phoebe is concerned, love is to be avoided at all costs. Why would you spend your life worrying about something that turns you into a complete moron? If her best friend Polly is anything to go by, the first sniff of a relationship makes you forget about your friends (like, hello?), get completely obsessed with sex (yawn) and bang on constantly about a person who definitely isn't as great as you think they are.

So Phoebe isn't going to fall in love, ever.

But then she meets Emma...

REVIEW

When addressing the concept of families we tend to think of the idea of the perfect 'nuclear' family. But why does that first come to mind? It doesn't make it any better than other types of families who are just as valid as the other. Sometimes we make our own families. That doesn't make them less important. Love, kindness, trust and being there for one another shows the true aspect of what we all want in a family, no matter if our real one are thousands of miles away. It kind of makes us amazing beings to think that we can make someone our own family and take them in and treat them as our own. Whether they are children in need of a home, co-workers who are always there for you or taking someone in, when their biological family doesn't accept them for who they are.

Kate and the charity shop co-workers are a great example of what it means to be a part of a family, even if they aren't related. Boy, does this make things so lovely to see. It did bring more than one occasion a tear to my eye.

Personally, I loved the diary entry style that was used throughout. It made it easy to read, but it also really did feel like it was a kid who was just going through their GCSE’s. In fact, if I get my own diary entries out at the time that I did my own GCSE’s I could definitely see the parallels between the two of being at that age.

Don't get me wrong, Phoebe was annoying at times, but I think that is because of the age of the character. So, in effect it isn't much of a criticism - instead I enjoyed the lengths that the author went to sound like a girl who is still in school. Really, I can't recommend this book enough. This is definitely one which I will be recommending to all those new readers who want something that is relatable, yet heart-warming.

RATING: **** (FOUR STARS)

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