I don't really know how to articulate my feelings for this book other than to try to express how I felt reading it. I cried and laughed and cried while also smiling. I was nostalgic for high school, but for high school experiences I never had like going to parties, going to prom, dating a girl. I was so happy for Liz and all the joy she gets to experience in this book and how she learns to let herself feel that joy even though there are experiences and circumstances in her life that suck. I also deeply related to Liz's desire to be known, loved, and accepted for her true and complete self instead of an act meant to cater to others' views of who she is or who she should be. It's also about Liz learning that she may not have seen the full picture of who other people are. No one in this book is solely defined by a shallow stereotype, even if Liz doesn't see that at first. I didn't know Liz had anxiety going into this and I also appreciated seeing that. I was not expecting to love this as much as I did because I have little to no interest in all the ceremony around prom, but this was so much more than that. I'm so glad this is a book that exists, especially for teens who feel like they don't exactly fit into society's expectations of who gets to be popular or accepted.