this was compelling, emotional, interesting, and had great twists. the first half dragged a tiny bit

i like the prose. the end didnt give me enough closure, and at the end, i realized that i didnt like the flashback chapters. like i enjoyed them on the first read, but with where the characters ended up, they felt pointless 

the dialogue was so cringeee. there were also some moments that felt lowkey fatphobic. i didnt agree with the portrayal of some of the fights either. like i just had a lot of issues with the end of the book especially. bummer, bc i liked the premise of this. 

this is a hard book to review. on a prose level, it is incredible. prose that you would get tattooed on you. but the dialogue and the characterization really brought it down for me. all the celebrity name drops drove me insaneeeee. they were so millennial cringe. I also thought it was so weird how Logan kept saying that rosemary's mouth looked like a cat's asshole and then saying she wanted to kiss it?? also, that Logan was still obsessed with rosemary didn't really make sense to me. Like still having some feelings about her makes sense, but the level of obsession just didn't feel realistic. both of them kind of acted like the middle schoolers they were when they first met. also, it was weird to me that Logan didn't tell her dad when they started taking detours on the trip. even tho she was grown, I would think her dad would care about her location. 

fun + sweet. i liked kaz, ruthie wasnt my fav. nothing too special, but its a solid read

i found the merging with gods thing to be weird. carter was also still kinda annoying. sadie slays and is awesome though, and the egyptian mythology was interesting 

thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an arc!

i enjoyed this. it was different than what i was expecting in that it felt like there was more of a focus on smaller (ish) conflicts than the large overarching conflict. that wasnt a bad thing, because it showed us how the couple dealt with problems that came up, but it did have the side effect of the book dragging sometimes between the resolution of one conflict and the beginning of another. there was miscommunication, but it was understandable. there was also a lot more sex in this book than i was expecting, which isnt a bad or good thing. its just an observation. i liked these characters and their relationship, and i didnt mind an event in the third act that i usually wouldnt like. it led to some good communication. i was glad that jimmy saw chloe as an equal by the end because i was afraid he would be too sexist. 

cws: blood, gun violence, pregnancy, vomiting, child death, grief, death of a family member, misogyny, sexual content, sexual assault