This is just the kind of thing I am looking for in my chubby-heroine books: insecure (but not doormat) heroine, supportive hero, misunderstandings and angst, overheard insults and Mean Girls. In fact, it was a little too perfect, almost heavy-handed in driving home certain points. As a fat woman, I have definitely had people be rude to me, but the shear amount of constant, intense hostility from basically all the women who aren't in the heroine's friend circle seemed a bit much. Also, two complaints: one, while I love a hot built hero, I wish the heroine didn't talk about thinking fat men are unattractice. Though I guess at least she acknowledged that she was a shallow hypocrite. Two, I wish there wasn't such a need for the female characters to emphatically proclaim their heterosexuality. Of course, there is nothing wrong with being straight, but most people who are repulsed by the idea of homosexual sex are homophobes; sorry, they may not be card-carrying conservatives, but there is a spectrum of homophobic attitudes, and sometimes it is gentle/subtle like it was here.

Overall though, this is a promising series for my favorite tropes!!! On to Claire's book! ( )

This is just the kind of thing I am looking for in my chubby-heroine books: insecure (but not doormat) heroine, supportive hero, misunderstandings and angst, overheard insulats and Mean Girls. In fact, it was a little too perfect, almost heavyhanded in driving home certain points. As a fat woman, I have definitely had people be rude to me, but the shear amount of constant, intense hostility from basically all the women who aren't in the heroine's friend circle seemed a bit much. Also, two complaints: one, while I love a hot built hero, I wish the heroine didn't talk about thinking fat men are unattractice. Though I guess at least she acknowledged that she was a shallow hypocrite. Two, I wish there wasn't such a need for the female characters to emphatically proclaim their heterosexuality. Of course, there is nothing wrong with being straight, but most people who are repulsed by the idea of homosexual sex are homophobes; sorry, they may not be card-carrying conservatives, but there is a spectrum of homophobic attitudes, and sometimes it is gentle/subtle like it was here.

Overall though, this is a promising series for my favorite tropes!!! On to Claire's book! ( )