I absolutely love that we're getting more and more f/f rep in YA, but I guess it can't all be in good books.

I feel like the concept of this book was very strong, and there were moments where this concept really rung clear, but most of the time I... was just kind of bored. For such a short book, it felt really long and repetitive, and it kind of just ambled along until the end. There wasn't a clear goal in mind, not really, because while they had a final destination (sort of?), that destination didn't actually promise any sort of hope, and only one character actually wanted to go there. It made the book feel like a string of events without a real purpose.

For two people on the run, the plot had very little tension and excitement. There were only a few moments where this became an issue, but most of the time it resolved itself fairly quickly. There were no high speed chases or immediate repercussions for any of their actions, they'd just see their latest crime on the news a few days later. At some point, everything just started to blur together because it was just them doing petty crimes because they were almost broke, complaining and suffering from being almost broke, and some 'sweet' moment between Trixie and Lux sprinkled in between.

I feel like this is a book that could have been saved by the characters or the romance, but I spent this book flip flopping between being frustrated and feeling indifferent. I honestly don't even know if Trixia actually even liked Lux because she'd complain about her a lot, and all the compliments and positive opinions she had of Lux felt superficial or skin-deep (which is odd seeing as they grew up together?) I dunno, but neither the characters or romance really worked for me.

All in all, this just wasn't the book for me, but maybe it's what someone else is looking for! I just would've liked something more, whether that be tension, action, excitement, whatever.