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Anna K by Jenny Lee
3.75
medium-paced

Content warnings: drug use, overdose, death of animals

This book reminded me of a more sophisticated version of The Clique series (IYKYK). The first 3/4 of the book was just pretty good to me, but the last 1/4 made it real good and brought it all together. This book has love triangles, sibling relationships, and cousin relationships. I have both strong cousin and sibling relationships, so I really enjoyed those aspects! I loved the diversity of the characters. Jenny Lee was able to provide perspectives from multiple characters without overwhelming the reader. I liked how Lee added depth to the teen characters, instead of portraying them all as shallow, wealthy teens running around their playground that is NYC.