Thankfully I had a wonderful, supportive spouse instead of a shitty boyfriend, but it took well over a year of marriage to work out solutions, and much longer to start working through some of our other hangups with sex because of purity culture. Literally everything about Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl feels natural and I'm so happy about it. The Romance was lovely to watch blossom, sometimes the person who you least expect, to be the most supportive, turns out to be the rock you never knew you needed! Reggie being so gentle with Monique and bringing out the side of her she never knew existed, chef’s kiss.

There was strong Friendships, important topics covered, it was fun, humorous, a good dash of Romance, Mischief and a lil bit of Mayhem along the way! This grittily provocative debut explores the horrors of self-harm and the healing power of artistic expression. I’ve gushed in her inbox so many times about this book that she’s probably sick of me but thank you so much for such an important book.

I also wish the author had mentioned that sex isn't even necessary as part of a teen's coming of age. Thanks to Goffney's superb storytelling and dazzling prose, this candid exploration of a sensitive subject is also a heartfelt, funny, and irresistible read.

One of the book was Camryn Garrett's FULL DISCLOSURE (about an HIV positive girl who wants to have sex, but who also wants to do it in a way where she won't infect her partners who, you know, get something herself) and JACK OF HEARTS (AND OTHER PARTS) by Lev A. With the help of her frenemy, Sasha, the overly zealous church girl Monique’s mum pushes her to hang out with, and Reggie, the town’s not-so-good boy, Monique must go on trips to unknown and uncomfortable places to find the treatment that will help her. While on their quest, Monique discovers the value of a true friend and the wonders of a love that accepts her for who she is. After surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. The condition is caused by trauma, fear, guilt, or shame, and Monique has been raised to think of sex as dirty and bad.There is mention of religion as it is a part of the storyline but it is well written and very relevant, especially as the main character Monique is the preacher’s daughter so thinking of having sex is a no no especially before marriage!

Parker's memoir, she talks about some of the alternatives she sought out, and how despite her angst and misery about not being able to have sex normally, the focus is always on her physical and psychological well-being. I found myself unable to truly visualize the main character as well in my mind because I identified with everything she thought and went through so much that she might as well have been me. Tired of waiting, her boyfriend breaks up with her, spurring Monique to discover she has a medical condition that makes her far from perfect and she concocts a plan to fix her body and win him back. I honestly loved both Sasha and Reggie-who were two of Monique’s biggest supporters throughout and I’m soo glad she had them both, cheering her up and being there to confide in when she needed it the most. We mainly use Royal Mail Tracked 48 Service for goods which weight less then 2kg, all other goods will be delivered by a Courier.

I need to read more books centered on religion — it’s honestly so weird that most fiction is agnostic considering how central faith is to millions of people. I absolutely love Reggie, he’s actually one of my favorite book boyfriends that I have read in a while. Not only did I love the characters but the overarching themes concerning female empowerment and the notion that your body is your own are both incredibly powerful and important messages for young readers and I think this would be a great book to accompany any sex education curriculum in schools.

Monique is clearly very uncomfortable with some of the treatments her friends find for her, but she forces herself to do them anyway because she sees them as necessary for the heteronormative sex she desires. Monique wants to do what she can to make her parents proud of her, but she's worried because her boyfriend of two years, Dom, wants to have sex.In high school, she challenged herself with to-do lists full of risk-taking items like ‘hug a random boy’ and ‘eat a cricket,’ which inspired her debut novel. But, with her parents thoughts on sex before marriage ever present and her boyfriends pressure to get intimate, Monique is torn.