My mother, a high school Spanish teacher recommended this book to me a few years ago. She adored it, mostly for its representation of a Mexican-American family. While this was written back in 2017, there still is not a ton of representation of first-generation Americans of Latinx descent in YA fiction. I applaud Sánchez for writing this story because her story of Julia and her family is much needed in this genre. However, while I enjoyed the overall themes of the book, I had some issues with the actual storyline. Sánchez tried to tackle too many issues with this short book (mental illness, immigration, poverty, gang violence in Mexico, homophobia, suicide, and infidelity - just to name a few...) This story could have been much more impactful if she had only focused on and delved deep into a couple of these issues. Also, an important part of the plot which includes the death of someone close to Julia seemed incomplete. I felt like the idea of this novel was great but it was just not executed very well.