I think this book had a lot of potential and an interesting idea, but very poor execution and development. It was too short, the characters too flat and uninteresting, and the conflict didn't nearly have the right amount of time to linger, build, and actually feel like a threat. The closest thing this book has to an antagonist pops up in one chapter and then that's all we see from her. And yes, the relationship is very instalove and comes out of  nowhere. If anything, we have no idea why Ashlinn finds Victoria appealing or even why she started talking to her brother in the first place. It just happened, and we're just supposed to believe that's enough reason.

Also, I'm so tired of best friend characters that are just assholes in disguise and, when they do get called out for their behavior, their apologies seem so insincere. Ellie didn't even try to understand where Victoria is coming from concerning her asexuality and it reads as if she doesn't even want to make an attempt. That and she seriously needed to understand boundaries and ugh, I could rant on about this character but it's really not worth the effort.

While the story itself wasn't very engaging, i have to say this is probably one of the better books that have asexual representation in them. We have two asexual characters, with their relationship being the focus of the book, and honestly I have RARELY seen two asexuals in a relationship in any media. Being asexual myself, I really appreciated Victoria trying to navigate her identity as an asexual person and even bringing up concerns and questions I had when I was figuring that part out of myself. The book does go out of its way to explain asexual relationships and the various nonsexual ways that people can be intimate with each other. The representation was the only reason I gave this book more than one star and I desperately wish it had the chance to be in a better story.