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I remember when my mom took me to buy a copy of Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret because she wanted me to have answers about going through puberty even though she wasn't comfortable talking to me about it beyond the basics. This book is the Are You There for this generation. It was refreshing to see issues of teen sexuality presented in such a clear, accurate, and positive way.


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The Birds the Bees and You and Me Olivia Hinebaugh Books Reviews

The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me is a young adult contemporary novel by Olivia Hinebaugh. There were a few things I didn’t love about this novel, but overall I thought it was still a good read. The good certainly outweighed my few gripes. So let’s start with the good. The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me is a novel that is both very educational and was a cute coming of age story. I really enjoyed our main character, Lacey( most of the time). And I loved her friendship with Theo and Evita. Her friend group was my favorite part of the story. Lacey was happy enjoying her senior year in high school, playing and listening to as much music as possible with her best friends, but when her school decides to take an abstinence only approach to sex education, Lacey decides to counter this sex health education. She falls into the position as a virgin sex health expert, and the book takes o

And now for the few things I didn’t love. Lacey sometimes came off as a little whiny, which could be aggravating, but then again, one could also say it was pretty age appropriate. She did irk me sometimes, but I appreciated her overall message and journey. Speaking of the message of the novel, I loved that The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me was so informative and had such an educational message worked into the story. However; at times the book came off as a bit too clinical, and not so fictional. But I do love that there were good adult role models in the story, and that The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me encouraged such an open dialogue. That was simply fantastic.

The story itself was funky and fun. I loved how much Olviia Hinebaugh worked music into the story, since it was such a big part of Lacey and her friend’s lives. It helped lighten the tone of the story significantly, which really helped to balance out some of the heavier topics explored. Overall, this novel was a good balance of serious and fun. I enjoyed how different it was than so many high school contemporary novels out there.

*Disclaimer- I was sent a copy of this book for free. I was not compensated for my voluntary review.
This is everything we need in YA right now. I was blown away by the entirety of this novel. It felt so painfully real to me and it is a conversation we need to be having with teens. Sex shouldn't be something you're shamed for. We need to be handling the situation with respect. Most people are going to have sex in their lives. Even if it's not when they're in high school, we need to be setting them up for success. They need to learn about consent, birth control methods, and how to be having safe sex, preferably before they are having sex. We are trying to set them up for success in life and we need to be teaching them about their bodies, too. This is a health issue and we're really failing our youth by creating this stigma and shame around it.

I was utterly delighted to see not one but two ace characters in this book. I absolutely loved the dialogue around Evita and the fact that she spoke frankly about her sexuality. Asexuality is a spectrum and people fall on different parts of it. A lot of people don't understand even the basic idea of being asexual, let alone the spectrum. I really loved how it was handled and how much respect it was given on the page. It was a learning experience for those who were unaware and a reaffirming experience for those of us who are asexual.

Besides the issues of sex and teens not being respected about it, this novel also tackled friendship beautifully. How do you handle it when two of your best friends fall in love? Do you risk the careful balance of friendship for something more?

I think YA doesn't explore friendships enough and I really loved to see the beautiful one that this one has. It's real and honest. It's not perfect and people screw up, but that's what a real friendship is.

I also loved that our MC was struggling with her decisions in life. It's a really tough decision when choosing where to go to school or what to go to school for. There's a lot of expectations and people depending on you, from friends to your parents. This book shows that delicate balance and the difficulties with choosing your future.

This was everything I've wanted and needed in a YA. It had beautiful relationships, utterly supportive parents, feminism, and sex positivity. I could list for days all of the things I loved about this book and I will be shoving this in everyone's hands when this book releases.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.*
I enjoyed reading this book and I liked the positive messages for inclusion and feminism.
Bland, flat characters spend a novel spouting factoids about sexual health in a novel with no real stakes or character development. This is one the preachiest novels I've ever read with some dialogue that is laughably bad, and a plot that's so silly and sugary sweet it borders on the absurd. It's not unreadable, but it has nothing new to offer on human sexuality or sexual health. And, despite all of the shallow attempts otherwise, is a fairly heteronormative novel that deals with sexual health from a straight perspective.
I remember when my mom took me to buy a copy of Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret because she wanted me to have answers about going through puberty even though she wasn't comfortable talking to me about it beyond the basics. This book is the Are You There for this generation. It was refreshing to see issues of teen sexuality presented in such a clear, accurate, and positive way.