A girl stuck between first love and her traditions, trying to find who she is and who she will be in the future. A gripping story about the boundaries of love, from our friends, from first love, from family, and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. The story follows Rani Kelkar, an artist who has always been on course to follow her parents path, until she meets another fellow artist. Oliver is an artist, with tattoos and piercings, and a difficult life. Oliver and Rani fall for each other instantly, and fast. Their relationship starts off great, but all the red flags start showing up, from micro-aggressions, gas-lighting, clinginess, blame, and even making Rani question where she stands. Their relationship spirals and watching it go further and further down was a difficult read but you feel so much for Rani and you understand her difficult decisions. I absolutely loved reading this book and was rooting for Rani through her entire journey. As someone who has experienced many of the things Rani did in this book, I really appreciated the realistic depiction of how toxic relationships can be, and how there can be relationships in which your own culture is appropriated. This is an excellent read that I would highly HIGHLY recommend this book. It deals with finding your identity in your culture, setting boundaries, looking for the right signs in relationships, family and culture, and finding what makes you happy in the end and embracing it and letting go of the things that hurt you,

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*