Wow! I really loved this book! I bought it from my bookstore for about $8 as it was on sale and the cover was beautiful. I thought the synopsis was charming too. But then I was nervous when I came here and saw mixed reviews. I can certainly see how it's not for everyone. Both protagonists are frankly not very good people. They're unlikable and have weird quirks. But, it makes them feel SO real.

I know people like to have fictional characters have redemption arcs and for them to be loveable from the get-go because reading is an escape from reality, and this book is very close to real life with all it's imperfections. Sometimes things happen in a weird order and it's hard to follow, sometimes the characters make conversational blunders and it's legitimately awkward, but it's such a natural development o f events; it reeled me in.

There are so many secondary characters and they're all well developed with their own personalities, stories, and charm that I feel not a lot of secondary characters get the benefit of in novels like this. Again, everyone just felt like an actual person and it was so refreshing.

The only reason I'm inclined to rate this book a 4 I stead of a 5 is because some of the slang and references are already dated and it kind of brought me out of the story a little bit but it's such a minor detail. Also the ending was not quite what I had hoped but it's not a bad ending.

I don't normally reread books once I'm done with them but I can certainly see myself reading this one again and again.