I read this one right after [b:Friends with Boys|11389398|Friends with Boys|Faith Erin Hicks|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1317794304s/11389398.jpg|16321405] (catchin' up on my realistic GNs) and I felt like this one was also not quite the book its cover & title wanted me to think it was? I again assumed it was a teen romance. (Maybe I just assume everything is a teen romance?) But it's much more of a story about one girl facing her fears and grief through the power of art and friendship. It was also remarkably funny, with a lot of currently-timely pop culture references that I enjoyed, and that I think a lot of nerdy teens will too. It's a little bit hipstery (what with the family thrift store and the performance art space carnival and the constant obsession with how other kids use their cell phones too much) but I was kind of into that, and a certain flavor of teen reader will be too. (Think maybe fans of like Perks of Being a Wallflower, but less angsty.)

I also thought the art was really pretty!