man I am so conflicted with this book because YES Kuang is a beautiful ethereal earth angel who can do no wrong, but I do have some issues with this one.

June never learns anything despite everything life throws at her for being a part of the racism and inequality that runs rampant in the publish industry, but that’s also the issue I have with it. I know it’s the reality of the situation if these events ever were to happen and I’m sure in some less dramatic ways it has happened! White woman are gonna white woman she says as much in the text! but it’s the lack of accountability that is really giving me some type of feeling, maybe because I read to escape into worlds that make me forget the garbage hellscape we live in now and the ending of this book just validate the garage hellscape we live in. And in a way that is a smart way to write because she knows it’s the truth. but it just felt lacking in a way?

But Kuang know that I love you and I will follow you into the dark!!!!!