I'm thinking 4 stars? I'll be honest, I did really enjoy it, but Grace reminded me a bit too much of a friend of mine that I'm...not so close to anymore...and some of the things she did REALLY bugged me. I honestly hated the scene where she expected Eva to make the promise not to see her mom anymore. In all honestly, it's not necessarily problematic, but I've been emotionally manipulated into promising things to someone who claims everyone breaks promises and that has really messed me up. So while not inherently bad, it read as really manipulative to me.

So.

It was a good book and I loved Grace and Eva and I loved the poeticism and the rawness of it and how real her mom felt, but it just didn't completely jive with me. Also? She and Luca never really addressed the issues in their friendship, so that felt way inconclusive for me.

I wanted to give it a four, but I just couldn't in good nature.

-Book Hugger