it took me a while to get into it. i still prefer her work in the heartstopper comics, but alice's development as a writer (between Radio Silence and Solitaire) is quite apparent. Hopefully will pick up the more recent I was Born for This soon, i am excited to see her writing develop further.
This story falls in the same universe of Solitaire, some years after. It follows Frances, a sixth former with high grades and a secret fangirl love with a podcast. Mixing present and past plotlines, we follow her through friendships as she figures out what she truly wants of her life and her future.
You love some LGBTQ+ rep? You got it! What a better way to celebrate pride month?! It was really cool to read a book where every person was LGBT and you don't notice it (i noticed this roght now, writing the review). The main character is a WOC and several other secondary characters are POC.
I still very much enjoyed her writing style, and the story was pretty cool.
The future-life-decision theme was very well approached and at some point i got invested enough to think "yeah maybe i won't go to uni! “ -... i am currently finishing my masters.

Finally, i hope Carol has a horrible life