Love is Love is a YA LGBTQ story involving Emma, who gets sexually involved with a popular classmate in an effort to boost her weak self esteem. Overweight with a low self-image, she thought this relationship would help her social standing. She soon realizes that the guy is merely using her, and she escapes this humiliation, and her unhappy home life, she leaves home in Winnipeg, MB to stay with her uncle and family in Vancouver, BC. Once she is staying with her cousin, a girl she perceives as perfect, and spending time with Paige’s cool friends, Emma is surprised to learn that the friend that she thinks is the coolest of them all is transgender. Emmy is attracted to Jude (formerly Judy), and spends time at shop where Jude works. She puts herself out there, beyond her normal comfort level, to impress him, and even performs at the poetry slam Jude hosts at the coffee shop.

Emmy worries about how Jude feels about her, and has doubts that such a cool and popular guy would actually be interested in her. She receives warnings from her mother back home, as well as from her cousin. Both try to warn her, telling her that Jude likely is just using her.

Will she succumb to his sexual advances, or will she find the confidence to wait until she finds someone who really does love her?

A short, quick read, this book will appeal to readers who are interested in LGBTQ issues, and those who appreciate “teens in trouble” stories.