Review: Jordan vs. All the Boys by John Goode

Everyone has that one summer, the summer where you take your first steps into adulthood. The nights are longer, the songs are better, and the friends you make are forever. For Jordan, Brandon, Ethan, and Dominic, that summer is now. This pack of self-proclaimed nerds set out on an adventure that defines every young man’s life—the search for love, or at least what they think love is. As with all great quests there are pitfalls and challenges ahead of them and they will have to overcome their greatest enemy, their own egos. But the power of true friendship could give them the strength they need to complete their quest and win their prize.

This was like a word problem, right? I had seventeen cantaloupes, and the answer was going to be sodium or some shit.

This is an incredibly sweet and funny story about the perils of dating. Jordan and his friends are on summer break between their sophomore and junior year of high school. Horned up and clueless, they decide to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. Jordan suggests going to a local club that's queer friendly, because where the gays are, the girls are so EVERYBODY wins!

Off they go and then somehow Jordan and his dating adventures turned me into Nemo's dad...

There's nothing but dangers lurking out there!!!

Naturally, he ignored me. Typical. He proceeded to meet one no good loser after another that had me 16 different kinds of judge-y...

Then some nitwit suggested he join Grindr!!!!

Funny with just a dollop of angst, excellent banter between Jordan and his band of friends, much kissing banditry and an indeterminate number of guffaws (from me) made this a really good time for me.

Even Jordan breaking the fourth wall totally worked which is something I typically find jarring. Being inside Jordan's head was a delight even though he's a gamer extraordinaire, something I know exactly nothing about; I sooooo appreciated him explaining all those terms otherwise I would've been hitting the google as hard as he does.

John Goode has a unique voice and this read has me full of excite to tackle his backlist. I'd recommend "Jordan vs. All the Boys" to anyone that's ever dated or likes YA or anyone in need of a chuckle. Or twelve. Because it most definitely delivers.

An ARC was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.