I really enjoyed this one! I usually breeze through graphic novels, but I took my time with this one, with both the beautiful story and illustrations. We never get an official label for one of our main characters, George, because of the fact that historically George would not have had the language we have now, but I imagine George is trans masc. I related a lot to elements George went through as an AFAB nonbinary person, and I loved how we can tell George is trans even when we aren't explicitly told George's gender identity. 

At times our other main character, Eleanor, can be a bit insufferable, what with her privilege as a cis white woman with money and status, but I appreciate this character arc for her at the same time. Because, realistically, a young woman in her position would be a bit insufferable, both as a nature of late teenagers messing up as part of their growth of coming into their own, and as she would be naturally very ignorant to people deemed socially "below" her as she believes. She grew up with wealth and privilege and expected to act a certain way, it's not surprising she had to grow past some of ignorant thoughts and behaviors. I appreciate, though, that the book doesn't seem to treat her words and actions as okay, but is acknowledged by her friends as wrong but they are willing to let her grow and change. Her actions do have consequences, but ultimately it is a hopeful romance where everything works out. I love when books, especially YA, show our next generations that redemption is possible, that one mistake doesn't have to be the end of your future, that making the world better is possible if we all keep trying. 

This book is so tender and sweet, with great growth of our young adults not just together but separate as well as they have time to explore by themselves what is important in life to them. Highly recommend to teenagers looking for queer representation, or for adults like myself searching for the representation they didn't get to see as a child.

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