The most remarkable thing about LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT is how simple it is. She’s a great bundle of good and bad things, and I couldn’t help relating to her – not only am I also bisexual, but I like to draw (Leah has a Tumblr where she posts her art). Leah is one of those characters that feels intensely real – she’s very flawed and can act pretty selfishly (her mother is in a fairly new relationship and Leah makes no secret of how much she doesn’t approve of the boyfriend), but on the other hand she isn’t afraid to stand up for people, even when it will drive a wedge between friends – one of my favourite aspects of the book is how she defends Abby from a comment made by another of her friends, Morgan. Leah feels weirdly about Abby – she doesn’t like her like her, does she? Sure, Abby is gorgeous and sweet and smart – but she’s dating Nick, and she’s totally straight.Īnd things only get more complicated from there. She’s in her final year before graduation and still isn’t out to any of her friends – even Simon, who she knows would completely understand…if only there wasn’t that one little complication in everything.Ībby. So while the narrator has been changed, there’s still plenty of Simon, which should please anyone who wanted to see more Simon/Bram cuteness (I know I did!)īut enough about Simon. LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT picks up where SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA left off, but instead switches the focus to Leah Burke – the snarky BFF of Simon Spier. Is it blasphemy to say that I loved this book even more than its predecessor SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA? Because it’s true. It’s hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fighting-especially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. And even though her mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends-not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it.
An anomaly in her friend group, she’s the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat-but real life isn’t always so rhythmic.
WARNING: SPOILERS FOR SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA TO FOLLOW. How I read it: I received a free arc from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Genre: Young adult, contemporary, LGBT, romance
Publisher: Penguin (UK), Balzer & Bray (USA)
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