#1) Not Your Sidekick ★★★★☆
#3) Not Your Backup ★★★☆☆

quick thoughts:

• this was so much fun
• plotholes & weird world-building aplenty but it was so damn addictive
• i read this in a single sitting because i just couldn't put it down
• jess & abby are so soft and their romance was so wholesome
• i just loved this??? a whole lot

➸ Trigger warnings for

racism, bismisia, transmisia, coming out themes recounted, drugged w/o consent, implied forced breeding program, scars, physical injury, implied nonconsensual medical experiments, physical assault, kidnapping, captivity & imprisonment, disappearance of parents, and bullying

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▷ Representation: Jess (mc) is bisexual & Chinese-Vietnamese; Abby (li) is a lesbian; Emma (sc) is Latinx, questioning aroace & has two mums; Bells (sc) is a (bi?) Black trans boy; Brendan (sc) is gay (?) & Chinese-Vietnamese; queer, & bipoc scs.

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