(very vague spoilers but i’m tagging it just in case)
this book went in a very different direction than what i was expecting and i absolutely loved it! the story and characters sucked me in and before i knew it, it was 2am and i had to force myself to put the book down and go to sleep.

Rory and Finn are both very well rounded characters and it’s very easy to fall in love with them. I also really liked the discussion about gender and queerness. i think it’s very easy for discussions like that to come across like they’re only there to educate cishet people, and because of that they accidentally alienate their queer audience. However the conversations in this book were very well integrated and felt like they were valuable to the characters and necessary for the development of their relationship.

and the ending was so well executed! it can be hard to pull off an ending like that but oh my god! holy shit! i am so emotional right now!

it’s like someone took my soul out of my body and spread it across the pages of this book

For some reason this was recommended to me as a romance, which i do not think it is really at all, but after i readjusted my expectations I LOVED THIS BOOK. Just weird and vibey and gorey. There are a few things that i wish were explored more in depth but that didn’t take away from the experience. Overall it was a perfect cottage read for me

I have never read a book that captured the energy of a zine more than this.