Sigh. Sorry, @samreads66, this is another one for the list of “awesome books Tamara has read that you’re going to want to borrow.” A lot can change in 15 days, so Felipe discovers when his mother invites their neighbour’s son Caio to stay when his parents are out of town. They’ve known each other since they were kids, but for the past few years have largely ignored each other in the building’s elevator.

Felipe is fat, and used to being bullied about it. He’s also attracted to Caio, but can’t imagine how he’d feel the same. What unfolds is 2 weeks of stumbles and laughter, misunderstandings and midnight conversations, and one of the sweetest beginnings of a love story that I’ve read in a long time. Wholesome, adorable, and a total joy to read.

Felipe’s Mum says to him at one point, in a suitably awkward and delightful ‘mum’s relationship advice’ conversation, “Don’t fall in love with someone who doesn’t make you feel beautiful.” As someone who has always had a conflicted relationship with my weight, the struggles Felipe felt as he dealt with his own body issues struck a real chord with me, and I feel extremely lucky to have fallen in love with someone who always makes me feel beautiful – even in my dodgiest pyjamas with terrible bed hair. Anyway, my personal issues aside, this book is a joy that I read in one sitting, and I want to read again.