Dear Tanya, thank you for bringing me to tears with in the shallows. I feel destroyed and fulfilled all at once. I cannot get over this book and I never will. I relate so much to mara & nico in a way. I have a michelle of sorts or a combination of all their friends. I know parents like mara and nicos. I am so grateful to pick up this book bc its bipoc & sapphic. I'm gonna cry myself to sleep now