Leah on the Offbeat

Becky Albertalli

2018 • 343 pages

Ratings103

Average rating3.7

Leah Burke—girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier’s best friend from the award-winning Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—takes center stage in this novel of 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. 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.

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3 primary books4 released books

#3 in Simonverse

Simonverse is a 4-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Becky Albertalli.

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Featured Series

3 primary books5 released books

#2 in Creekwood

Creekwood is a 5-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by A. Marie and Becky Albertalli.

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Popular Reviews

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Emi

2.25/5 stars

Imagine going about your day knowing someone's carrying you in their mind. That has to be the best part of being in love- the feeling of having a home in some else's brain.

first book spoilers so beware

insert shrug emoji here

the Cursed Child Curse

Simon Vs.

obviously

If that ship didn't get together in the end, I would have literally cared less. I didn't ship them and I still don't.

Simon Vs.

really

everyone

have

perfect

cute

Simon Vs.

were planning on attending it

Upside

Six of Crows

to Abby which I'll forever be bitter about.

"Lowkey bi, a little bit bi. Just be bi. Like, come on.""What? No." She draws herself up. "You don't get to decide my label.""It's not a real label!"

And there was no apology for that or addressing what happened afterwards. If someone says they are a little bit bi, then they are a little bit bi. If someone says they are an undercover llama, then they are an undercover llama. What that person says, goes. It's impossible to know a person more than they know themselves.

June 6, 2018

Kate Mester

Definitely my least favorite of her 3. I liked Leah's voice, and HS me would have identified with her a lot, but there isn't really any plot and it feels like a lesser copy of Simon but with bi-girl characters this time. Meh.

July 11, 2018