Thank you SO so much to everyone who has bought a copy or is planning to. 💜LOVELESS, a YA aro-ace coming-out story set at university, is out today!!💜 Melded together with a shared love for pop culture, the trio’s friendship feels authentic in terms of longevity and connection, to the extent where as relationships change as Georgia explores her identity, their fluctuations are achingly raw and powerful. Pip, assertive with a love for theatre and directing, and Jason, who is an affectionate individual obsessed with Scooby Doo. The two main friends introduced from the outset are her two close friends. Instead, the narrative arc is more her learning more about herself and how her identity relates to her close friendships. In the way that Loveless is sold, Georgia realising that she is aro-ace isn’t the book’s main twist or surprise revelation – it’s mentioned on the blurb and in wider publicity. However, she comes to learn that, much like Oseman, she identifies as aromantic and asexual – meaning that she experiences little to no romantic or sexual attraction respectively. The story begins with Georgia about to start her first year at Durham University, and be immersed in all the social pressures that follow – namely the rush to form platonic, romantic and sexual relationships as soon as possible.
“While it isn’t an autobiographical tale,” author Alice Oseman writes in a note I receive alongside my copy of the book, “Georgia begins her journey in a similar place to my own – in a conservative town, having little knowledge about LGBTQ+ identities and issues, struck with a feeling of wrongness when it comes to boys.” Loveless isn’t your typical YA romance novel, nor is it a real-life story.
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