Love is for Losers is a lovely coming-of-age YA book. The kids in this book sound and behave like real teenagers - a feat for this genre. I also appreciated the sex-positive and supportive adults that were in this book. If only more caregivers behaved like Kate!

I found Phoebe to be a very sympathetic narrator. She's a 15 year old struggling with the idea of love, in all forms. Her lifelong best friend has a new boyfriend, and Phoebe is angry about how it has impacted their friendship. Her mom is a doctor, always traveling internationally to provide medical services to those in crisis. Phoebe enjoys living with her godmother, Kate, but harbors a lot of resentment for her mom and often feels abandoned.

I hope this becomes a series, I would read plenty more from Phoebe's journal and would love to see how she grows and finds her way in this world.

UGH, This book is just darling! I loved the colorful cast of characters and the sweet, complicated first romance. AN LGBT romance I will absolutely add to my shelves and recommend to teens looking for something quirky and cute.

While I initially enjoyed the humor and sarcasm of the MC, it quickly became repetitive, boring, and generally off-putting. The unrelenting sarcasm paired poorly with the MC's complete self-involvement as well, rendering the MC largely unlikable and one-dimensional before the 10% mark.

It took a little bit for me to get into the unusual format (it's told through sort of diary entries) but Phoebe is hilarious and has a fabulous voice. I loved how much depth each of the characters had and how we could see when Phoebe was wrong in her assumptions or conclusions about other people.

I really enjoyed this book which was very sweet and made me laugh out loud several times.

I enjoyed this book about Phoebe, a young high school student who is watching her friend fall in love and is not really keen on the whole thing. She is determined to not be that girl when she turns 16. That is her plan, at least. The story was filled with humor as well as a fair amount of teenage angst. Highly recommended for those who like YA novels written in journal form.