"Your Local Bisexual Disaster" is a powerful and insightful memoir that explores the experiences of a bisexual individual in a society that often struggles to accept and understand the complexities of sexuality. The author courageously shares their journey of self-discovery and the challenges they faced along the way. The writing is raw, honest, and deeply personal, offering a unique perspective on the struggles faced by those who identify as bisexual. The book sheds light on the struggles faced by those who don't fit into the societal norms of being either straight or gay, and it shows how important it is to embrace and accept all forms of love and sexuality. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the bisexual community and the challenges they face. I highly recommend "Your Local Bisexual Disaster" to anyone looking for a thought-provoking and eye-opening read.

I really enjoyed this and the rep was great to see. I loved the culture woven into the story.

As a fellow disaster bi, Maggie was all too relatable. She makes mistakes and bad decisions but was likable overall. The story is messy and I love how it shows that you can feel so much for different people in different ways. I would have absolutely loved this as a teenager. It made me so happy that the drama wasn't about her being bi and that the love interest wasn't biphobic.

The narration is really well done, Stacy Gonzalez did a great job bringing the characters to life.

Maggie attempts to decide which of her three options she should invite to be her date to her sister's quinceanera, while saddled with a teenager's inability to read people in tandem with a propensity to make assumptions. It's great to see this kind of representation in teen fiction.

Maggie must find a date for her sister’s quince. However, she can’t seem to choose between her ex-boyfriend, confessing her feelings for her best friend, or a new girl in town. Andrea Mosqueda did a great job writing a story that will resonate with many bisexual and questioning queer teenagers. Maggie’s character is very relatable in finding out who she is. I loved reading about her culture and the relationship she has with her family. There were a few parts of the book that I felt could have gone a little bit quicker. However, it is still a book I would highly recommend to queer youth! 3/5 stars.

Maybe I'm just too old for this, but the third act conflict made no sense to me. I enjoyed the book in general but I did tune out a bit at the end.

Part of me liked this one and part of me... didn't fully like it. I think the part I didn't like was the same part Maggie's prospective love interests didn't, but more for the fact that she never really expressed or indicated to them that they weren't exclusive. I actually liked the exploration part. It was the being upfront part that made me feel icky about this one. However, love is messy, so the plot is also fully justified.

Solid YA with requisite angst, relationships with family/friends, all complicated slightly by the protagonist being bisexual. Funny and relatable listen.

ARC from the publisher via NetGalley, but the opinions are my own.

A sweet, slightly cliche, ya novel. The characters were fabulous, and the relationships were well developed, but the story went up and down for me. Still very enjoyable, and I think there are so many people who will love this story and find a little of themselves in it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this early!

The title tells you what you need to know about Maggie. She is a disaster because she becomes cliché after cliché after cliché. I don't know if making her music obsessed is supposed to make me giver her a pass for her complete and utter ignorance of pop culture tropes; but I do not forgive her. The plot summary warns you of her three love interests, but doesn't tell you all you need to know.

Amanda, her best friend and forever crush is in a relationship; as is Matthew, the ex-boyfriend, has a girlfriend. The only viable option (because she is single) is clearly Dani.

However, Maggie dismissed the relationships and embarks on a photographic journey to determine who she should be with. She does this by creating a Finsta account where she uses different filters to represent each of her love interests and caption each photo with what she is feeling at the time. Two people know about the account: another friend, Jordan, and the art teacher. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the Finsta is Maggie's final project for class.

I was supremely upset that neither of these people told Maggie that this was a bad idea--although to be fair I don't know if the teacher knew who the three love interests were because Maggie only used initials in the captions. However, when the project concludes the teacher tells Maggie the worst piece of advice. I just checked on my digital ARC and it's not there--I ended up borrowing the audiobook from my local library--but it's something along the lines of that it's not possible to love someone the wrong way. What kind of advice is this?!?! What about people who inflict psychological and physical abuse on their so-called loved ones? Nope, that was it for me

Maggie tries to understand her heart and her relationships with others in Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster, a heartfelt story with drama, romance, and photography. This book has great, realistic characters who are flawed but lovable, in addition to having amazing Bisexual and Latinx representation. I also liked how Maggie used her photography to better understand others.

I really enjoyed this book. The audiobook narrator was fantastic. This book did a great job depicting the emotional rollercoaster and messiness of teenage love.

I really enjoyed this! I love how it showed just how MESSY adolescent feelings are. It’s NORMAL at that age to feel things for different people and to be conflicted, especially when there was something there before that was never resolved. It’s a really great representation of that. And I loved the family dynamic!

Just look at this awesome cover! Beautiful! I really enjoyed this book. I thought is did a good job of showing the struggle a teenager who is bisexual has when figuring out their feelings. Maggie is a mess but a wonderful mess. She has a great support system in her family and friends. I cannot wait t read more from this author. Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for this Audio ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster is the debut novel by Andrea Mosqueda. When Magdalena Gonzalez has to choose a date for her little sister’s quinceañera, she has three options: her ex-boyfriend, her best friend, or the new girl she has a crush on. Maggie decides to use her photography skills to evaluate her three options - creating a private finsta and posting pictures and thoughts for each candidate.

It’s a brutally honest book about love, and Maggie is delightfully awkward and moody. The descriptions of the photographs are so detailed that readers can see each snapshot perfectly. It’s beautifully written - poetic at times - and will pull on your heartstrings. Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster will bring back memories of first loves, high school, and the friendships made along the way.

Audiobook narrator Stacy Gonzalez brings Maggie to life and gives Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster the authenticity it deserves. Her voice and pronunciation are flawless. I highly recommend it!

Not for me.

Wanted to love this because of the title and the mc being latina, but I couldn't connect to the characters or the story. It was very underwhelming, The best parts were when the story focused on the family dynamic, the "romance" felt too forced. Definitely not terrible but not for me.

Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister's quinceañera. Coming to terms with the fact that non of her relationships or plans are as simple as she may had hoped. Between her low simmering crush on her forever best friend Amanda, her messy breakup with her ex Matthew, and a confusing new girl Dani, Maggie is forced to confront the complexity of her emotions tied to all of them.
I LOVED every second of this. It felt authentic and real and honest. Every character was developed and complex, every issue was real and thought out. I find YA can sometimes feel forced, and though there were a lot of pop culture references which usually I can find 'try hard' these were authentic and felt very accurate to a teenager.
Loved loved loved this book, will be recommending it to everyone. This is the book I wish I had when I was a teenage bisexual disaster.

Maggie Gonzalez needs to pick a date for her younger sister’s quinceañera, and she is torn between 3 options: Amanda, her best friend and first crush; Matthew, her ex-boyfriend who still flirts with her; and Dani, the new girl to their friend group.

This was a cute YA romance book; I knew pretty much from the beginning who Maggie was going to pick. This is Mosqueda’s first book, and I think there are a few kinks that she could improve in future books, but the story was enjoyable. Stacy Gonzalez did a great job narrating the audiobook. If you enjoy YA romances and/or are looking for books with good representation, check this one out!

I would give this book a solid 3.5 stars.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.

As a Hispanic, disaster bisexual living in the great state of Texas, I have not related to a book or a main character more. There were a few things that I didn’t really care for in this story but overall I think it was a solid YA novel. I wish there was more of a connection the reader could have made with Dani. I also wish there weren’t so many cringey pop culture references but I also understand I’m not the targeted audience.

Endlessly happy books like this exist with this type of representation.

Solid entry in the teen coming of age field with a good variety of both characters and expression. We will be purchasing the paper edition of this for our collection.

Meg has crushes on three different people: her best friend, her ex boyfriend, and the mysterious new girl. It's time for her younger sister's Quince, so Meg has to pick a date, but she can't decide who to pursue. She decides to take some photos related to each of the unknowing candidates and incorporate them as part of her art project. What could go wrong?

I'm going to say right away that teen drama is so far from my favorite genre that if I had thought for more than a second about the title of this book, I probably wouldn't have picked it up. (It really is an intriguing title, though, isn't it?) This book is basically a bunch of teen drama. I was kind of going along with it, but then the three candidates discovered that Meg was guilty of the horrific crime of -gasp- taking photos of things like shoes and flowers and posting them on the internet with captions like "I'm just not sure how I feel about this person right now." I don't think my eyebrows could have gotten any higher on my forehead. Like, is this what passes for teen drama these days? Also, should I be rethinking my own Instagram reel? I wonder how much experience this author has with photography and speculative art. Obviously being conflicted over who to pursue romantically is enough driving power to push a book forward, but the inevitable blowup was just so overdone, I almost didn't finish the book.

I did appreciate the glimpse into Meg's Hispanic south Texas Catholic culture, and I appreciated how conscious the author was about many stereotypes surrounding the queer community. Racism, homophobia, classism, and sexism are touched on briefly but maturely throughout the book. I particularly loved Meg's relationship with Jordan, the casual male friend. Such a wholesome relationship!

Overall, for its genre, this book was well-done, but I couldn't enjoy the ending because the climax moment was so unrealistic. Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. All opinions are my own.