Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins Children's Books for an early copy of this book

I will admit, this was a lot more political than I anticipated, but I truly enjoyed this story. I rooted for Mark from the beginning, and I absolutely love their little queer French club band of friends. I love the way the queer kids always find each other and flock together and this group showed that beautifully.

And Ralph. My sweet, sweet, anxious Ralph. I love this character and his bowties with my whole heart. Bless him.

There was just so much great representation and diversity in this story. It was a fun read, even if a lot of the political references went over my head. It was also super interesting to me that the Democratic candidate was the one seen as.... less than supportive. I thought that was important as hell, because let's be real, there are shitty people on over side.

I will say, though, as a warning- there was a LOT of dead-naming in this one. Keep that in mind that if that's something that might upset you.