This is about a 14 year old girl who has had a crush on her father's 29 year old best friend for years, and they eventually enter into a "romantic" relationship. It's super gross and made me cringe for basically the first two thirds of the book because literally all I wanted was one person to step in and realize what was going on. Like every time her parents said how adorable it was that she had a crush on Luke, while he's raping her like every other day, I wanted to shrivel up and die inside a little. Which is kind of a good thing, I think. When a subject is as gross as this one, I really want to feel how gross it is and be horrified by every line. Sonya Sones did a good job at that.

What I didn't like was the trajectory of the story. As it went on, it felt less real. The characters seemed like their personalities were being watered down throughout the book and the situation was getting easier to read. It started out complex and messy, but by the end it was as simple and clear cut as an after school special. That definitely lessened the impact on me a lot. I didn't care about the final third of the book.

I still really enjoy Sones's writing style, and I did adore the first half of the book. There were so many good things about this and I loved how much I hated it at times, in regards to the horrifying adult preying on a child. But the ending ruined it for me and I don't think it felt worthwhile overall.