I wanted to like this book. It had the potential for everything I love about romance tropes. But the “butch” character wasn’t even soft butch, she was femme with a Ruby Rose haircut and overalls, the constant phrasing of “women and nonbinary people” became so repetitive that it made me want to stop reading more than once, and the side characters all felt like they were there for representation points. I hardly ever stop a book without finishing, but I skimmed the second half of the book because I couldn’t take the dragging scenes and felt like I missed nothing. The romance ended up being underwhelming and I was left feeling like I wasted $18.