![]() Love is Love is a YA LGBTQ book about an overweight girl who moves to live with her Aunt and Uncle and her relationship with Jude, a transgender male who is friends with her cousin. ![]() When I first saw this book on NetGalley I immediately knew I wanted to read it from the title alone. But it’s not until she almost falls again into the trap of casual sex to boost her self-esteem that Emmy realizes it’s worth it to put your true self out there for real love. ![]() Both her mother back in Winnipeg and Paige warn her away from Jude, saying that he will just use her and she will get hurt. She even performs at the poetry slam Jude hosts there.Įmmy is never sure where she stands with Jude, and can’t believe that such a confident, charismatic guy might actually be interested in her. Emmy is instantly attracted to Jude (who used to be Judy), and starts hanging out at the coffee shop where he works. Emmy has always been intimidated by her perfect cousin Paige and Paige’s cool friends, so she is surprised to find that the coolest of them is transgender. When she realizes that he is just using her, she decides to leave her home in Winnipeg to stay with her uncle’s family in Vancouver. Overweight and unhappy at home, Emmy gets sexually involved with a popular classmate so that people will think that she is worth liking. “If you don’t love yourself how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” ![]()
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