Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney

This book was so enjoyable and I didn't want it to end

August 8, 2022

6/5 - This book was pure perfection! Joya took ‘Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry' and perfected it. She tackled the black church, being a PK in the church, sex, virginity, purity, etc. This book was so funny, heartwarming, and educational. I wish I had this book as a reference when I was 17. I think this should be required reading for black teenage girls as this is an important book.

July 23, 2024

Chelsea T

"And just like that, with the emptiness on my finger, the literal weight lifted off my hand, I feel that much freer to make my own decisions. I feel less like I owe my daddy my word, less like I owe Dom my body, and more like I belong to me and only me." -Monique

Confessions of An Alleged Good Girl is a near perfect and uplifting letter for all soft girls but especially the soft black girls.

For All the soft girls that were labeled as good girls. For all the soft girls that had to grow up in strict religious homes. For the ones who had to discover things, like sex education and positive relationships, later in life.

This book is has some really good messages about purity culture and the harmful effects of not teaching about sex and how proper & accessible sex education is the solution. Plus, I like the SexEd facts that are sprinkled in, it really taught me more on what Vaginismus is, the condition that Monique has, & how important SexEd is.

I like how it always touches on toxic relationships and a bit of sexism. How our worth shouldn't be tied to someone and we should never be pressured into anything. The book always show what a good relationship looks like.

The only gripe I have is with Sasha's role in the book. I felt like she didn't have as much page time and development as Reggie did. I also think the blurb is a little misleading, Reggie's less of a bad boy, although he had done some bad things, and more of a class clown. Those are two completely different personalities.

Other than that, I loved Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl and having a soft black girl as the main character. We need more of them across all genres, including YA. This book had good message on SexEd and great awareness for Vaginismus.