Trigger warnings: Outing, homophobia, chronic illness, parental death (in past), bullying, anxiety and panic attacks, racism.

This book was such a delightful, easy read. I read it over a couple of hours, totally absorbed in the story and with no chance of putting it down until I was done. It was my favourite kind of contemporary: beautifully queer, light-hearted and full of joy. Even in the darker moments, I knew it was going to get better, making it a perfect read in stressful times. I loved the relationship between Liz and Mack, even if I was internally screaming at them at points. Though there are descriptions of bullying in this book, moments of homophobia and racism and an awful, awful moment where Liz is outed (I saw it coming and it still hit me like a gut punch), I do feel like this was overwhelmingly positive and I wish I'd had a book like this when I was a terrified, outed queer teenage girl.