I adored Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun, so I was more than a little disappointed when this book seemed so ordinary in comparison. Lennie’s poems are cute (if not really to my liking) and the vivid characters are memorable and lovable, but the plot (particularly the love triangle) is incredibly cliched and some of the sentiments are excessively gushy.

That said, there are some really poignant emotional moments/breakthroughs and some really lovely quotes, and overall it balances out my complaints.