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I really loved this book, and the way the f/f romance felt so familiar and was very comforting as a queer woman myself. There is a very strong trigger warning for completely uncensored homophobia and internalized homophobia in this book that might be really hard for LGBTQ+ people to read, so just think about that when going into this book. It is super fast-paced and extremely well-developed characters; even the side characters feel so real and you understand so much about them, no matter how little you actually read about them.

bnryan95's review against another edition

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2.0

The characters in this book were all so unlikable and selfish. Literally everyone was cheating on everyone. Barely anyone was nice to each other. Nora and Sophie fought and said horrible things to each other every time they spoke. Honestly, toward the end I was hoping they wouldn’t end up together because their back and forth was exhausting.

There needs to be more lesbian couples in romance, but not like this. I understand this novel dealt with serious issues concerning homophobia, religion, bigotry, etc, but holy moly even the characters we were supposed to root for were awful.

jentrek's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

topino's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

5.0

annheidiutsi's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

justme17021212010524's review against another edition

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2.0

I don't entirely know how I felt about this - it wasn't what I expected and I didn't feel as satisfied with the book as I thought I would. Although it felt realistic in some ways, it wasn't... it was disappointing? A lot more could've been done for this book - it had potential that was not met.

jcxjab's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

wow. what do i say? this book captivated me immediately. the writing leaves you wanting to know ever little detail of every incident that happened in this small town setting. i’m speechless. i loved all of this. i think more representation about queer stories and adults is needed and lenhardt did just that.
nora and sophia were lovers as teenagers, something i’ve experienced myself, and it’s hard especially when there’s an expectation. i loved it. although i did find the story to drag on a little bit too much. but at the same time i felt as if when you thought things would be resolved, they simply weren’t and the problems expanded. i loved the messiness of this book. huge trigger warnings, check tags.
edit: this book is written by a straight woman. updated review: 2.0

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