I just really couldn’t get into this one. I think it partially just wasn’t for me. I think the kind of humor in this book is going to work for you or it’s not. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t connect with it. As a demisexual person myself, I really didn’t love the representation in this book. There was just so much constant sex shaming, both overt and implicit, to the point where I found it a little bit triggering. I even feel like her friend who is supposed to be looking out for her was a lot of the time crossing her boundaries and passive aggressively sex shaming her. Also, there wasn’t really much more to this character besides the fact that she was a virgin, and to me that defeats the whole purpose of having demisexual representation. We are more than the fact that we have had a little to no sex and experience little to no sexual attraction and it felt like the author doesn’t believe that. Also, there is so much drinking culture and alcohol and personally I just really hate that. I really wanted to love this, but it just didn’t work for me.

"That's What She Said by Eleanor Pilcher" is a really solid debut novel. That was also a fun approach to demisexuality rep.

A sweet and reflective story about sexuality, friendship, and setting boundaries. Serena and Beth are on a journey to understand Beth's sexuality and along the way endeavor to understand each other better.