Leah on the Offbeat

Name: Leah on the Offbeat
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.85 (13 reviews)
Author: Becky Albertalli
ISBN: 9780062822932

Author: Becky Albertalli

Narrator: Shannon Purser

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/24/2018

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Lgbtq+, Romance, Social Themes

Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestseller! Goodreads Choice Award for the best young adult novel of the year!In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—now a major motion picture, Love, Simon—we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat—but real life isn’t always so rhythmic.She’s an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. 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.So Leah really doesn’t know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high.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.Plus don't miss Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020!

About Becky Albertalli

Becky Albertalli is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of William C. Morris Award winner and National Book Award longlist title Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (now a major motion picture, Love, Simon); The Upside of Unrequited; Leah on the Offbeat; the Simonverse novella Love, Creekwood; What If It’s Us and Here's to Us (cowritten with Adam Silvera); Yes No Maybe So (cowritten with Aisha Saeed); Kate in Waiting; and Imogen, Obviously, a Stonewall Honor Book. Becky lives with her family near Atlanta. You can visit her online at beckyalbertalli.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on April 28, 2018

I swear, people can’t wrap their minds around the concept of a fat girl who doesn’t diet. Is it that hard to believe I might actually like my body? I LOVE LEAH BURKE. I don't actually see how it's possible not to. She's hilarious and badass and sarcastic and moody and totally potty-mouthed. Oh, ho......more

Goodreads review by Zoë on September 29, 2018

Besides the romance and catching up with Simon, nothing else seemed to happen? This story had so much potential, from Leah coming out to her friends to her complicated relationship with her mom to the bittersweet feelings surrounding graduating high school. None of these were really delved into. Ins......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 27, 2019

3/5 Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ “I can't help it. I'm a Slytherin." And I'm the worst kind of Slytherin. I'm the kind who's so stupidly in love with a Gryffindor, she can't even function. I'm the Draco from some shitty Drarry fic that the author abandoned after four chapters.” I finished this book in ten hours wit......more

Goodreads review by Elle on September 02, 2020

inspired by my similar review of Simon Vs, here we go: a list of every iconic moment of this book 🌸 "I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO DO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO ABBY" IN LIKE THE SECOND FUCKING CHAPTER 🌺 Simon and Leah inventing bro culture 🌸 the fact that Nick and Simon’s college tour list is literally mine subtr......more

Goodreads review by Hailey on April 30, 2018

4.75* P.S. exciting new video experiment ft. this book coming soon (stay tuned)......more