Review also posted on my blog 
 Okay, I'm not sure where to begin. This is going to be difficult to review. It was deciding between a 2 and a 2.5, settling on going with a 2 the more I think about it. Before I go into, I do want to state I didn't find the book lesbophobic at all. That's actually not at all my problem with the book. I just wanted to get that out of the way. But I did have quite a few problems with the book. And it sad because I was really hoping I would like it after the initial biphobic backlash. 
 There's also spoilers ahead, nothing major but if you don't want to be spoiled then don't read ahead. 
 I'll start off with the good things. I liked how all character's races were described. It didn't fall into the habit of white authors only describing the race of non-white characters. Ramona even describes herself as white in the first couple of pages, which was great! That's not common and I love that that was in the book. There was also elements of class privilege and teen pregnancy. I also like how no one shamed Ramona for falling for a Freddie after identifying as a lesbian for so long. It was also genuinely well written. There's also an emphasis on her not being turned straight or anything like that. 
 But there was a slew of negatives for me. I guess I'll go in order of when they appeared in the book. 
 You know what is a great way to make me hate a character? The good old "but how do you know you're gay if you've never been with a guy". And Freddie, the love interest asked Ramona this. He didn't need to ask her this at all. It was so unnecessary. Specifically how it went was like this. 
 Page 71: 
 And then out of nowhere, Freddie asks, "So, girls, huh?" 
 "Yep." I should say something more, but there's not much else to say. 
 "You've never dated a guy?" 
 I shrug. "Haven't even kissed one." And then I add. "Well, in recent years." 
 "Then how do you know you don't like guys?" 
 "I don't know, Freddie," I say, trying to hide my irritation. "How many boys did you kiss before you realised you were straight?" 
 He shakes his head. "That's not what I meant. You know it." 
 "So what did you mean?" The lights dim, and the previews start. Still, it's only us in the theatre. 
 "I meant that, like, boy-girl is kind of the default that people go for even if it's not how they were born or whatever." 
 "It wasn't my default. Or Whatever." My voice is sharp. 
 His justification, first off, makes no sense? I don't understand what he's trying to say. But he still asked her "how do you know?" It was so unnecessary. Like dude, she told you she is gay so leave her alone about it? 
 Something else that added to me not liking Freddie much was that he said he had to ask his girlfriend out three times before she said yes. He said that she only rejected him because "she didn't like quitters". Maybe I'm overreacting, but I don't like the whole "she was really playing hard to get all this time" sort of theme. And there was no way for him to know she said no for that reason, it just comes off as him not being able to take no as an answer. 
 So, the next thing was actually something that really upset me. Ramona has a friend/girl she sometimes hooks up with named Grace who is a lesbian. And she was pushed into my absolute most hated trope, that being she forces herself to date a guy. 
 Page 102: 
 "It's Andrew," [Grace] says. 
 "So... I guess y'all are still together?" 
 She's quiet for a second, "Well, yeah. He's my boyfriend." 
 My mouth goes dry. I don't hate straight people, I swear. But the word boyfriend. I hate it. Especially coming from Grace's mouth. "I thought you were going to break up with him," I say, but it's more of an accusation. 
 "I was. I am." 
 And. 
 "I'm back here," [Grace] says. "And you're not, and now I can't remember why I was supposed to break up wit him. I cheated on him. But I still like having him around." 
 This just... kind of hurt. She's forcing herself to stay in this relationship. It felt almost like a juxtaposition to Ramona, Grace can't fall for a guy but Ramona can. I don't want her hurt to be at the expense of juxtaposition. She does later break up with her boyfriend and tell him why as well as come out to her parents but it felt so unnecessary to even have her be in a relationship with a guy in the first place. And the implications of her also cheating on him with Ramona... not a fan of that at all. 
 There was also an acephobic line. It was a throwaway line but I still want to address it. Ramona's talking about how there's a stereotype boys think about sex and girls don't. Instead of say, maybe pointing out the misogyny behind that she say's she thinks about sex because 'she's human'. That line just felt unfair to aces. 
 Now, here's where it really started to go down hill for me. Ramona has told Freddie she's a lesbian. And what does Freddie do? 
 He kisses her without her consent. 
 He does pull away initially but then she kisses him. But this still wasn't built up well. I was really hoping she would realise she was bi by realising she had feelings for him. Not him kind of disrespecting her boundaries and kissing her. And look, I like in the moment, spontaneous kisses, but not when this guy has been told this girl is gay. 
 Her mum is also pretty awful, treating Ramona's sexuality like a phase. And Freddie isn't at all empathetic about this. When Ramona tells him her experience with this his response is "so I guess I'm the phase then?" 
 This was just... awful. And his attitude is never really addressed. 
 Another throwaway line that didn't sit well with me was Ramona being told "friendship is a breeding ground for mistakes". This is said by a demisexual character and it just felt unnecessary, especially to demiromantic people. 
 And what was overall hurtful about this book is that it's constantly said Ramona is bisexual. The author is bi, and what is constantly said about this book is that she is realising she's bi. But it ends with her not sure what to call herself. This sort of theme could fall into a view Freddie being an exception. She decides to not label herself but having that after constantly being told she is bisexual? Pretty frustrating honestly. 
 I'm going to link reviews from bi reviewers. Positive and negative. But overall this was a real disappointment. 
 1 star: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 
 2 stars: https://romweasley.wordpress.com/2017... ... 
 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 
 5 stars: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 
 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 
 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (reviewer is pansexual)