This is a Mateo hate page btw. He did grow on me a little bit throughout and then he lost me again at the end. Rufus is a king tho, I love him.

Spoiler Alert: They do both die at the end. It was actually really upsetting how they died because I felt like it was completely avoidable (and all Mateo’s fault) and didn’t really fit their characters all that well.

I did like the book. It’s an interesting concept and I feel like had a lot of interesting plot points. I feel like the romantic aspect of it was not needed and felt very rushed. It felt like the author forgot it was supposed to be a romance and then threw them together at the last minute just because they are both queer. I would’ve definitely preferred them staying just friends. I feel like the romance didn’t really add to the plot or message in a way that the friendship wasn’t already providing.