(I received an advance copy through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review.)

”Summer, this isn’t a joke!” I snap, although I am pleased that she’s giggling next to me. “She wasn’t wearing any pants!”

It was the beautiful cover that immediately drew me to this book, and then I read the synopsis. An artist teenage girl dying her hair pink and coming to terms with being a lesbian? Sign me up!

I wanted to like this book so much, and there were definitely some parts when I did, but ultimately we just weren’t right for each other. At least 60% of this book is underage kids drinking or hooking up, which was never really my scene as a teen, and it’s kind of uncomfortable to read about as an adult. There were also some plotlines and reactions that just didn’t sit well with me, like the protagonist bullying a girl for years because she secretly liked her.

I did like the ending, where - without much spoilers - the main character and her two friends end up mutually supporting each other and working together. This wasn’t a bad book, but in the end it was just nothing special for me.

content warning:

teen pregnancy, underage drinking, a car crash towards the end