the more i think ab this book the more i like it, so i’m bumping up to 5 stars.

i’m actually a little embarrassed by how much i enjoyed this. i will admit that the step sibling aspect was very odd and hard to wrap my head around at times, but it didn’t overshadow the relationship and connection i felt between the main characters. i had 0 expectations going into this bc of the dynamic given in the blurb, but the characters just blew me away. garrett’s issues remind me a lot of the shit i went through in high school. i liked mia a lot and i feel like she and garrett are genuinely really good for each other. and sometimes that’s hard to convey in a book that focuses on men’s mental illness. sara cate did it in a way that didn’t make me feel like mia was acting like a 35 year old man’s mother. they truly felt like partners.