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Happy Jewish American Heritage Month 2023!

Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros The little beachside town of San Pancras is not known for anything exciting, but when Zach Darlington buys a mysterious ring at the local flea market, his quiet little hometown is turned topsy-turvy by monsters straight from Jewish folklore and a nefarious secret society focused on upholding an apocalyptic prophecy. Zach discovers that the ring grants him strange…

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Fave Five: Asexual YA Romance

Forward March by Skye Quinlan (f/f) Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (m/f) You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie (f/f) Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee (m/f) Planning Perfect by Haley Neil (f/f) Bonus: Coming later this year, Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See (m/f) and Wren Martin Ruins it All by Amanda DeWitt (m/m)

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Canon (Bi) Acespecs 305/?: Felicity Becker in Haley Neil's Planning Perfect (2023)

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Planning Perfect Review

Planning Perfect by Haley Neil - 4/5 - Contemporary YA WLW

I wanted to read Planning Perfect because it's a Jewish and asexual love story by an author I'm already familiar with, Haley Neil. The very cute cover also helped. A lovely dress, all elements are nicely balanced, and there's a peek at the apple orchard the book is set at. Everything about how this book is presented screams wholesome and cute for the bubbly queers. Yet, this might be the most stressful rom-com I have ever read. It could probably be described as a mental health story with a side of rom-com tropes. Despite the stress, it's a good book.

Felicity Becker, the star of Planning Perfect, has a wedding to plan! Her long-distance best friend and crush, Nancy, offers up her family's Vermont apple orchard for the wedding. Felicity wants to be an event planner when she grows up, so her grandmother invites someone with an internship to offer as a guest to the wedding. Felicity will have to figure out how to get it all done by the end of summer. Her mom is worried about the stress it could cause, her best friend from home isn't talking to her, and she's worried about how being ace will affect her relationship with Nancy. It's a lot, but with some help, she might be able to get through the summer in one piece.

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Planning The Perfect Review

Planning Perfect by Haley Neil#WLW #Contemporary #YA #RomComCW: Medical Content, Caffeine Abuse, Borderline Absent Father, Toxic Parental Re

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Eric always wants to talk. If he could, he'd probably spend every day like he was living in the wrap-up of some family-friendly sitcom where two of the characters have a heart-to-heart and hug it all out.

~Planning Perfect by Haley Neil

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thoughts on planning perfect by haley neil

planning perfect is about an aspec teenager who plans her moms wedding at her online bffs apple orchard

kills me to say this, but despite the ace and sapphic rep, this was not a good book for me

while its a quick read and the ace rep is accurate (but a little ace 101 as they usually are) the writing just drags it down

there is no nuance or subtlety and all of the character growth you can see a mile off

the author makes a point of showing how the boundaries in felicity's life were horribly drawn which didnt feel concluded for me, just toxic

i kept resisting the urge to yell at the book where people did things that didn't line up with their motivations and character

the confrontation scenes and the apology scenes were lacking

i feel like this is a criticism i have a lot but it needed more rounds of editing.

i also wanted to like it because of the jewish rep and anxiety rep but good rep cant save you if the rest of the book is bad

i really could see the potential of the book which is probably why i was so mad about it

conclusion: i dont recommend it and i wont be reading anymore of her books in the near future

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It’s raining, I have a scented candle lit, there’s classical piano music playing and I’m about halfway through Planning Perfect by Haley Neil.

Loving it so far!

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Once More with Chutzpah by Haley Neil

Once More with Chutzpah by Haley Neil

A moving YA debut about a girl who grapples with questions of her Jewish identity, mental health struggles, and sexuality while on a temple exchange trip through Israel. When high school senior Tally and her twin brother Max head off on an exchange trip to Israel over their winter break, Tally thinks it will be a good distraction for Max; he might be trying to hide it, but she knows he’s still…

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