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content warnings: addiction, substance use/abuse, some ableist language.

Although I was intrigued by the artist/athlete conflict and related to Sami's determination to pursue both, I had some trouble keeping up with her abrupt switches between desperately wanting to fit in with the volleyball team, and wanting to be friends (or more) with Brenna and Jason. The progression between major plot points also felt abrupt rather than natural, and Sami makes a lot of bad decisions (even knowing at the time that they're bad) — realistic for a teenager, perhaps, but exasperating to read over and over. Overall, it felt like a very binary setup (artist or athlete, Goshenite or Fasha, Aquamarine or sober, etc.) and the ending felt rushed.