Chaotic Energy by Stephanie Yeboah

"You don't see me staring at that cul-de-sac you call a hairline"

Temz is a size 26 full sized queen, a plantfluencer, and making big woman moves in her career. However, her romantic endeavours - unlike her plants - seem to be a little dehydrated. When a tech entrepreneur from America finds himself in her DM's, Temz does the unthinkable and presents herself as someone else... Will she confess before it's too late?

I'm surprised that I didn't end up with RSI with the amount of times Temz had me shaking my head at her foolish behaviour in this book. Bruh?!

What I did like:
• The writing style was engaging & did make me want to find out how this would pan out for Temz (icl I wasn't hopeful).
• The exploration of friendship - Jean really held Temz down like a real one should. I loved that he didn't sugar coat ish for her to keep her happy. She really needed to be told about herself. The frenemy was written very well.
• How negative body image can lead to the unhealed making some really questionable choices in our dating habits.

Other than that, this book wasn't for me. Even with it being laced in humour which I liked, it wasn't enough to detract me from the delulu of Temz. I'm not sure if a character has ever given me the ick before, but Temz come and collect your trophy babygirl. I knew there was no coming back from her after one of her choices in sexual partners. It was at that moment the book went downhill for me.

Initially I was intrigued by the idea of catfishing, but the length of time this carried on for... issa no from me dawg.

I also didn't like the portrayal of many of the characters in this book. They felt very exaggerated & stereotypical.

I'd recommend this book for those who loved Queenie & Curvy Girl Summer.

⭐️⭐️.75