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Melt My Heart

Bethany Rutter

Melt My Heart

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July 23, 2020
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How can a book be both extremely cosy and also extremely the perfect holiday read? I loved this book, full of hot summer days and melting ice creams and romantic adventures and frosty pints. It’s like the first mouthful of a can of ice-cold coke. Cooling aloe on a sunburn. A dip in the sea on a baking hot day. Refreshing and delightful, full of small pleasures and big decisions, teen activism and fat girls and blossoming bisexuality. I LOVED IT.
Goodreads reviewer - AS

Synopsis

Melt My Heart is a hilarious and inspiring coming-of-age YA novel from Bethany Rutter: influencer, editor and a fierce UK voice in the debate around body positivity.

Lily Rose is used to people paying attention to her gorgeous twin sister, Daisy. But even though Lily loves her own fat body, she can't shake the idea that no one would ever choose her over Daisy – not when they could have the thin twin.

That is, until she meets Cal, the gorgeous, sweet guy from New Zealand who can't seem to stay away. The gorgeous, sweet guy who also happens to be Daisy's summer crush.

Lily can't seem to figure out why she isn't as into him as she should be. She should be head-over-heels in love, not missing time at the ice-cream shack with her life-long best friend, Cassie. Not wondering what Cassie is getting up to with Cal's friend Jack, or what she's thinking about when they're alone . . .

With University threatening to tear Cassie and Lily apart at the end of summer and Lily desperately trying to keep Cal a secret from Daisy, summer is set to be far from relaxing.

Product Information

Number of pages
304
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
#ISBN
Number of pages
9781529041163
Date of Publication
July 23, 2020
Format
Paperback
Weight
222
g
Dimensions
19.7
x
13
x
2.1
cm

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This is full of light, love and sheer lushness. Lily is a glorious character and to be honest there’s a lot of me in her. I love the messages of body positivity, family and friendship in this. I just wanna hug them all so much. Cal is a GEM of a human and I’m so glad that Lily had him! God. I definitely want more from these... and now I want ice cream!
Goodreads reviewer - S
Do you know how nice it is to read a book with a fat protagonist? Do you know how nice it is to read a book with a fat protagonist who is happy with how they look and doesn't spend the entire book talking about their weight? (I'm looking at you Bridget Jones). Normalise fat bodies, normalise queer fat bodies and normalise all the ways that humans can exist and not just by measuring how they look.
Goodreads reviewer - SJ

About the author

Bethany Rutter

Bethany Rutter is a journalist and blogger who writes about fat bodies, plus size fashion and body politics including the benefits and limitations of body positivity. She works in marketing at a plus-size fashion brand and is an occasional DJ. Her writing has appeared in the GuardianTelegraph MagazineVogue,_ Dazed_, RedOnlineThe Debrief and others. She co-hosts the podcast What Page Are You On? and is the author of Plus+, a coffee table book offering style inspiration for everyone.

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