*Contains some spoilers*

Yes No Maybe So is a story of 2 different people, from different worlds, that are forced to come together and decide to stay together.

To elaborate Jamie Goldberg, a shy, unpopular guy in high school gets the worst luck when he has to do one of the things he hates most, public speaking. His cousin, Gabe, who is Rossum’s (a man running for state senate) campaign manager, and his family are automatically required to help spread the word and convince others to vote for Rossum. Jamie likes to help but he has to go canvassing and since he refuses to say a speech at his little sister’s bar mitzvah in front of friends and family, he can’t comprehend the fact of doing that in front of strangers.

Maya Rehman, on the other hand, is confident and friendly but is having the worst Ramadan. Her parents are separating, which came as a complete surprise to her. Her best friend, who is a year older than her, is going off to college and leaving Maya behind in a way. Then to find out that she might be leaving early for college and won’t really get to hang out with Maya all summer, crushes Maya. She is unaware of her summer plans now, not really wanting to be home but not having a car for transportation and on top of it not allowed to date or have a boyfriend. Her parents suggest her to go canvassing to help family friends and if she does it, it will live up her chances of getting a car. It just so happens that Jamie and Maya end up going canvassing together, which starts their story.

I personally loved this book, the detail, and the chemistry between the characters. How they took the differences of them, their personality, households, and background to create drama, sensitivity, hardship, and love within the book. The main conflict was Jamie’s confrontation and Maya’s parents and idea of boys. Throughout the book Jamie and Maya’s relationship grows but it moves very quickly towards the end which made it feel too rushed for me. Overall, I would recommend this book, knowing it is a mixture of politics and romance, but the writing of each page makes the book one of my favorite reads yet!

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed is available to download for free from Libby.