love the book, never knew about Rodney King, I shall have to research this
my only real big problem is the humour not gone lie. It'll be a really nice moment then mc is talking about this guy's boner like a shitty Marvel movie and they can't stand to have any moment without a shitty joke. I wish we'd drop this... trend? Like let the God damn moment be. Earlier, jo and Ashley are on the roof  nice moment, then ruined by the sentence at the end. Let the God damn moment be. its better without hamfisted humour