3.75 stars.
First off, this isn't usually the type of book I read. YA. Romance. Ugh. I'm done with that time of life. The MC in this book, Alice, isn't me and it was kinda annoying me for the first quarter of the book. I have not "squeed" since 2008 (and even then it was limited to anime conventions). The Cutie Code made me cringe. I was worried for a moment when Alice was like, "I don't know, AM I Ace? Is this sexual attraction??" and I was like "No! I'm reading this for Ace content! Please stay Ace!"

Luckily, in the end, this book delivered what I wanted. The "am I Ace? Or is there just something wrong with me? Is this what sexual attraction feels like? Or is it just love and romance? Will they break up with me if I don't give them sex?" questions are definitely present and a great example of the eternal questioning Aces ask of themselves. It has great Ace representation that does a really good job explaining what it's like (at least in Alice's experience) to be a romantic Ace and really drives home the fact that just because asexuals don't want to have sex, it doesn't mean we can't love our partner just as much as someone in a sexual relationship. Ace relationships are just as valid and full of love!