Leah on the Off Beat (Creekwood #2)
- Author: Becky Albertalli
- Published: April 24th, 2018
- Publisher: Harper Collins / Balzer + Bray
- Ratings: 3/5
Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda, Book #1 Creekwood
Book synopsis
When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beat but real life isn’t always so rhythmic. An anomaly in her friend group, she’s 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.
My thoughts
I have to say that I liked this book but I didn’t love it as much as I love Simon vs The Homo sapiens Agenda. This book is full of diversity, fun and amazing characters. My favorite part of the book was every time there was a Simon and Bram’s scene definitely want to see more on those two. Leah, well I didn’t hate her but I feel like this story lack some insight on her behavior, to me she seem kind of angry most of the time. I would have like to see more pages on Leah and her crush and I feel that everything happened so fast at the end that there was no time to really enjoy that moment when two people start feeling some type of way for one another.
Overall, this was an enjoyable read full of amazing diverse characters.
Chapters We Love 
I’m scared to read it. Haha I lovved Simon but was felt like Upside of Unrequited was just okay. I’m worried that Leah is going to be the same. I wonder if Becky Albertalli’s new books are never going to be as good. 😕
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I liked it, but I what I liked the most was the Simon and Bram’s scene LOL still a nice read
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i just ordered this book ahh i hope i like it as much as simon vs the homosapiens agenda! Great review 🙂
-Sanjula
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let me know if you did when you get to it and Thank you!
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I got it two days ago and have already finished it! I loved it but not as much as Simon vs. I like Leah but not in the way that THIS IS MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER I’M OBSESSED WITH HER AND LOVE HER TO PIECES (which is me@simon). I enjoyed it but mostly SimonxBram scenes ahhh
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I’m glad yo
u enjoyed it! Yes, the Simon and Bram scenes were my favorites too. (:
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