Lovely. This story was very high school in all aspects, friendships change, emotions and hormones make everything feel a 100 times bigger, and new realizations comes like, for example, parents are actual people who don’t have all the answers. The split timelines were mildly annoying because I wanted so badly to have the full picture. Also, I have said this before, but I adore Woodfolk’s ability to make us care about characters in a few lines.

I felt for Cleo and Layla. Cleo’s so honest with her feelings (to an extent) that, sometimes, I wanted her to stop putting her heart out there to be stomped on. I guess I felt second-hand embarrassment that Cleo could be so vulnerable and hopeful no matter what. The progression of their fight/distance was full of frustration and sadness and pettiness. It’s utterly draining, so gold star for realism.

I almost read this in one sitting (I had to run errands in between chapters), the writing is so easy to read.