As the reader, you want Codi to make different choices, but it also reminded me perfectly of being young and feeling like you’d discovered something new in the universe that should only belong to you. This book perfectly captures the feeling of being on the cusp of something and wanting to spread your wings, even if you don’t really know what that means. Codi’s conflict about coming clean to her old friends about her new friends is as convincing as it is frustrating to the reader.
The dialogue is authentic I could hear my friends at that age saying some of the things Codi’s friends were saying. The book is paced well and all of the character s are fleshed out. The summer before their senior year, the three of them try something they’ve never tried before: dating. Codi and her two best friends Maritza (bi) and JaKory (gay) have been best friends forever they do everything together including coming out to each other on the same night. Main character Codi is wildly likeable, even as she makes the kinds of terrible choices you can only make when you’re seventeen and trying to find yourself. Personal thoughts: Kelly Quindlen’s Late to the Party is a breath of fresh air in the genre of young adult LGBTQ+ fiction. LGBTQ+ Orientation: Lesbian /Bisexual/GayĬontent Warnings: Internalized homophobia (light) The only problem? Codi never tells Maritza or JaKory about any of it. In return for never talking about that kiss, Ricky takes Codi under his wing and draws her into a wild summer filled with late nights, new experiences, and one really cute girl named Lydia. Straight kids.īut then Codi stumbles upon one of those cool kids, Ricky, kissing another boy in the dark, and an unexpected friendship is formed. So when Maritza and JaKory suggest crashing a party, Codi is highly skeptical. It's because she and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, spend more time in her basement watching Netflix than engaging with the outside world.
Summary: Codi’s never crashed a party and never stayed out too late.
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