I'm not sure if there's something in The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me that I didn't love. I adored Lacey's feminist mother, Lacey's passion for helping her fellow students, her best friend (and ace) Evita, and the friendship between Evita, Lacey, and Theo. I felt like The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me just called to me in different ways. Whether it was Evita's identity as ace, but not aro, or Lacey being pulled between nursing and being in their high school band, or even how supportive her family is. All parts of The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me had just enough drama, tension, high stakes, and sweetness.

There were just so many feminist quotes I want this book to have a billion quote prints. I have become recently obsessed with these, so I would love post cards or something to be made of these amazing gems like, " ". This book is like a love letter to feminism, consent, sexual education, and the idea that knowledge shouldn't be shamed, demonized, or stigmatized. When we all have more knowledge about our bodies and sex, we can be more thoughtful, respectful, and responsible people. Not only do I wish Lacey had been my friend in high school, it would have saved so much heartache, but I wish we had someone who would be as open, genuine, and honest about our sexual education.

OMG! AWESOME BOOK! Finally a sex positive YA book that discusses sex in a positive way without it being over the top. This book doesn't make you feel shamed or preached out and i'm utterly in shock at how brilliant it was done! This book is defn needed and focuses on so many other topic important to YA. Youth, Love, Friendship, Sex etc.. Defn and upcoming novel!

This was an inclusive sex-positive ya about a girl and her friends (one of whom is biroace) throwing a sexual education revolution because of their school's horrid abstinence-only sex ed, and it was absolutely wonderful. I want to throw this book at everyone. It's exactly the sort of book we need in 2019. This along with Immoral Code are raising my standards for contemporary books (acknowledge that asexual and/or aromantic people exist you cowards! Because even inclusive ones will often forget about us, or not use the word. Use the word allosexual. Use allocishet. Please and thank you) Highly recommend.

Not the right audience for this book, which was based upon the idea that a teenager would become a doula and this would be accepted in a hospital.

I realize I am probably not the target audience for a book about high school sex education, so I read it understanding that. I loved the concept of this book - it's all about teaching sex ed beyond just abstinence in high school health class. The truth is, kids need resources, adults they can talk to, and to not be scared to talk about safe sex, abstinence, etc. This book would be a great book for those teens who maybe don't have that person to talk to, but they still need a good resource (even though it's fiction). My only beef with the story is the messages felt a little too PSA and forced at times. The characters would be deep in dialog and then a PSA about safe sex would be thrown into the conversation. It got the messages they wanted to across, just not as naturally as I'd guess they happen in real life.

I also struggle with the concept of a 17 year old being trusted enough be so many peers that they turn to her for very specific sex ed advice in a school bathroom. Maybe that's realistic, but I'm not really convinced.

Anyway, like I said, I'm not the target audience as a 44 year old adult mom of 4, however it's a book I could have used back in my teen years for sure.

If only all parents could be as open and approachable as Lacey's...this thought kept running through my head as I read this one.
A teenage mom herself, she's determined to not have Lacey's life take the same path. So Lacey's always been raised in an open household where no issue is off limits. And that includes any and all things related to sex. So it's just natural that Lacey would become the "expert" at school for sex ed advice.
Except that Lacey's never even kissed anyone, let alone had sex. But when she sees her school pushing an abstinence-only policy, she's determined to take a stand. Even if that means trouble.
Unusual for sure, probably not everyone's cup of tea. And likely more than a few people will disagree with the author's stance on this issue. But I liked it soooo...

The Birds, The Bees, and You and Me is an important book for teens. It’s something I wish would have been out when I was that age. I could relate to Lacey Burke in a lot of ways.

Lacey is a high school student who notices something is wrong with her senior health class and goes to do something about it. Lacey is probably the last person who is qualified to answer questions about sex, being a virgin and all, but she has a very open mom who is a nurse and knows all there is to know about the birds and the bees. I loved Lacey and her mom. Their relationship was fantastic. My mom was a teen mom so growing up we were super close and had a similar relationship as Lacey and her mom. 



Lacey has two best friends, Theo and Evita. Things get a little complicated there, as well. Lacey has a lot going on with her feelings for Theo, the way it will effect Theo, and choosing what she wants to do with her life. Music is everything to her, but nursing is something she’s passionate about as well. Lacey and her friends, the music, the locker of sex information, it’s all great.

This story focused on friendship, was informative, and gave the teens an open dialogue with each other and the adults in the book. I really enjoyed this one.

This book was amazing! I dived in basically as soon as I got the ARC. The characters were amazing and I loved the message it had to send. It also managed to talk about sex and the sex lives of the characters without being too explicit. The author did a good job of portraying the characters practicing safe sex habits while also leaving it open to less experienced readers. One of the main characters was asexual, which I really liked as well. I identify as ace, and I always love it when I discover and ace character in a book. YA, like most sections, is severely lacking in ace characters, but I hope books like this will change that!

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this title. I will run a "real" review on my blog, www.charmstrongbooks.com to coincide with the release date of this book. However, I want you to know that I very much enjoyed this title and found the subject matter to be exceptionally important. I loved the no-holds-barred approach by the writer, as I think that's the type of information kids really need and want. Very nice job, and I will review this title and rate it 5-stars.

Cute story with good characters. As I read it, I kept thinking about the super sad state of our health and sex education curriculum in school today. This book addresses that issue with a fun character and a good story.