3.5
Everything about this book was good, but not quite polished enough for me. My main issue is that not much actually got resolved and left me wondering why the book stopped where it did...

Not every plot point of a story needs to be resolved, but most of the interesting ones we spent time going through in this book ended up not being even slightly talked about.
Mostly the mother's story but also Gordon's.
I am VERY interested in getting proper explanations about what's up with them, the repercussions of what they did in the second half of this book.

Also, I even wanted more of the drag scene. I wanted more interaction with Kings and Queens and every other types of people there, how they do their thing, how the shows go on... It's an interesting topic we don't often get in books, especially YA, so I was clearly left needing more of everything.

I'm happy the romance (which isn't the main focus of this book btw) got resolved but that clearly wasn't what interested me the most.
I definitely still recommend this book if you're looking for a young girl letting go of dead roads and finding the road she didn't know she needed until she found it and finally felt at home on it.
It's especially nice seeing it through the eyes of a queer biracial 17 year old girl.