CONFESSIONS OF AN ALLEGED GOOD GIRL By Joya Goffney

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Monique is a preacher’s daughter who detests the impossible rules of her religion. Everyone expects her to wait until marriage, so she has no one to turn to when she discovers that she physically can’t have sex.

After two years of trying and failing, her boyfriend breaks up with her. To win him back, Monique teams up with straight-laced church girl Sasha—who is surprisingly knowledgeable about Monique’s condition—as well as Reggie, the misunderstood bad boy who always makes a ruckus at church, and together they embark upon a top-secret search for the cure.

While on their quest, Monique discovers the value of a true friend and the wonders of a love that accepts her for who she is. Despite everyone’s opinions about her virtue, she learns to live for herself, inspiring us all to reclaim our bodies and unapologetically love ourselves.

Short and Sweet Review

Monique is a pastor’s daughter, but she isn’t into the rules of her religion. Monique is required to wait for marriage before sex but Monique and her boyfriend Dom have been trying but Monique physically can’t have sex. Dom feels like he’s been waiting for too long and breaks up with Monique. Monique teams up with Sasha the church girl who knows a lot about Moniques condition, and Reggie the resident bad boy, these three embark on an adventure to cure Monique.

The more we see Monique grow without Dom in her life we see how awful he really is. Monique spent all her time with him so much so that she didn’t really have friends and he was very controlling and jealous. Something was not right with that boy. Reggie was an okay match for Monique he was more understanding of her condition and how her religion has shaped her.

This was a good book once we really got into it. I liked seeing Monique try to figure out what was wrong and how to fix it even though it wasn’t for the right reasons at first. We also see Moniques parents who weren’t my favorite people, they were very overbearing and we see a side plot where that pushed her older sister away. Monique grew a lot through the book and I love how she learned to love herself and live her own life and not the life people expect of her.

I’ve read a lot of Young Adult books where our main character is trying to lose her virginity, but not one where religion and a condition were a factor. This book was well written and teaches a lot of important lessons. Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl was heartfelt and inspiring and I loved it.