It was sitting at 4 stars for most of the book but from ~70% on it was closer to 3. It’s a cute, everyday sort of romcom that I think went too far. There were just too many storylines.

Ember was terrible at communicating and it was one of the things that really brought the book down. She kept lying about ridiculous things even when Danuwoa repeatedly asked her not to. She also tried to present herself as a badass who could stand up for herself but then refused to listen to her intuition or tell anyone when things that clearly shouldn’t be happening were happening. I know it’s a realistic thing but it didn’t feel realistic because of what was happening. 

I enjoyed the cute moments, the side characters and community in the book and the representation. There are a lot of great points made throughout this book. But it just felt like it was trying to be to exciting and cover everything, when it couldn’t.