Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

"A sweet, sexy, honest teen romance that just happens to involve two girls—all the more charming for being so very ordinary.”—Kirkus

A Kirkus Best Book of the Year! A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year! A Bustle Best Young Adult Book of the Year! 3 starred reviews!

Joanna meets the perfect girl for her and must decide whether to break a promise that could change everything for her and her family or lose out on love in this charming young adult romance that’s perfect for fans of Julie Murphy’s Dumplin’ and Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.

Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees.

Although it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school. But Jo couldn’t possibly think of breaking her promise to her dad.

Even if she’s starting to fall for the girl. Even if there’s a chance Mary Carlson might be interested in her, too. Right?

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448 pages

Average rating: 8

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Mrs. Awake Taco
Nov 13, 2024
6/10 stars
Another book that I didn't love but I didn't hate. I appreciated that the book addressed faith and the LGBT+ community. I am not a person of faith myself, but I appreciate when the two can be compatible, and the protagonist made a good case for this. And I always appreciate a steamy romance. This romance was pretty steamy, though with such a liberal use of the f word I thought that there would at least be a bedroom scene, but alas, no. Let me get that out of the way for you, so you're not waiting like I am. But I guess I was a little too old for this one. I just wanted to slap the protagonist around. She was doing A LOT of lying and I really felt like it was unnecessary. I don't understand why you can't be straight with your potential love interest when you see there's something serious there. I thought her heart was in the right place in a lot of ways, but I think some openness and honesty would have been great. I wish the novel had been more about converting hearts rather than lying and deception. So again, it wasn't like this was a bad book. I just didn't flip for it.

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