"Mom says I'm stubborn, and maybe that's true. But she also taught me not to blindly follow rules without thinking. Not everything in this world is fair, and people with power don't always have sense." (p255)

This YA book hit me in all the right places. Bennett makes her hometown of San Francisco sparkle, the lovely parks, the gritty metro stops, and the neighborhoods. What she does even better, if possible, is make you fall in love with Bex and Jack, two people who are passionate about their art despite the risks.

Bex is sneaking into the cadaver lab at the local medical college to create her piece to enter into a scientific art contest for a scholarship. Jack is secretly spraying gold glitter graffiti words around San Francisco, and if caught would be charged with a felony. They meet on the bus and quickly become immersed in each other. Both struggle with their family lives for reasons I won't spoil here, but man this is simply fantastic.

A SUPER steamy YA book, I was blushing really good for a large part of it. Adore.