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A review by sarah_thebooknerd
The Make-Up Test by Jenny L. Howe
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4 ⭐️
1.5 🌶
CW: author has a great note with it- grief, medical content, death of a parent, toxic parent, fat shaming from parent
I really enjoyed this story. Academic rivals in grad school. Body neutrality for fat FMC and male MC also has body diversity- skinny, lanky, second chance romance
I planned to read this for Fat-Ember but it came up through the Library faster than I thought it would. So of course I had to pick it up and read it asap. I’m keeping it on the Fat-ember list so anyone looking can find this.
I loved that this book is not focused on the FMC being fat. I have had some bad runs with books focusing on fat trauma and that has been hard to read all the time. This just did not have it and I’m so thankful for it. There is some fat shaming by a parent in it and some issues that fat people deal with in society. Again, it is not the main focus so if you pick this up know that.
At times the book does move a little slow and there is miscommunication trope with the 3rd act break up which is not always my favorite. I really cannot wait to see what Jenny does next and I really hope we get a book for the FMCS best friend, Sophie who works in fashion, is fat and creates fashion for fat bodies.
1.5 🌶
CW: author has a great note with it- grief, medical content, death of a parent, toxic parent, fat shaming from parent
I really enjoyed this story. Academic rivals in grad school. Body neutrality for fat FMC and male MC also has body diversity- skinny, lanky, second chance romance
I planned to read this for Fat-Ember but it came up through the Library faster than I thought it would. So of course I had to pick it up and read it asap. I’m keeping it on the Fat-ember list so anyone looking can find this.
I loved that this book is not focused on the FMC being fat. I have had some bad runs with books focusing on fat trauma and that has been hard to read all the time. This just did not have it and I’m so thankful for it. There is some fat shaming by a parent in it and some issues that fat people deal with in society. Again, it is not the main focus so if you pick this up know that.
At times the book does move a little slow and there is miscommunication trope with the 3rd act break up which is not always my favorite. I really cannot wait to see what Jenny does next and I really hope we get a book for the FMCS best friend, Sophie who works in fashion, is fat and creates fashion for fat bodies.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Medical content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent