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Pumpkin

Julie Murphy
Book
December
2021

Review:

I don’t know why this was so hard for me to get through. It seemed extremely long and didn’t sit right with me for some reason. It’s not that I didn’t like the characters because I did; I just thought they were a little underdeveloped. After reading the last two books in the series, this one really disappointed me. It was just hard. The plot was pretty good but also had some of my least favorite tropes in books. I also really disliked how they ruined the relationship from the first book in the series. If you have a happily ever after, it should actually be a happily ever after. I liked that the main cha did drag and Hannah’s role, but I would have rather read about Hannah. The relationship between him isn’t tucker was sloppy and too easy. There was virtually no conflict in this book. The feelings also felt 2D and fake compared to the other ones. It was an ok book but just not for me.

Trigger Warnings:
Body shaming, Bullying, and Homophobia

Synopsis From Book:

Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-music-Andrews truth. So when Clementine deviates from their master plan right after Waylon gets dumped, he throws caution to the wind and creates an audition tape for his favorite TV drag show, Fiercest of Them All. What he doesn’t count on is the tape accidentally getting shared with the entire school.... As a result, Waylon is nominated for prom queen as a joke. Clem’s girlfriend, Hannah Perez, also receives a joke nomination for prom king. Waylon and Hannah decide there’s only one thing to do: run—and leave high school with a bang. A very glittery bang. Along the way, Waylon discovers that there is a lot more to running for prom court than campaign posters and plastic crowns, especially when he has to spend so much time with the very cute and infuriating prom king nominee Tucker Watson. Waylon will need to learn that the best plan for tomorrow is living for today... especially with the help of some fellow queens...
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