I enjoyed reading this book, the plot unfolded nicely (even if I had an inkling of what the plot twist was going to be early on), the characters are likeable, and the writing really sucked me in. What really set Paper Valentine apart, in my opinion, was the way it handled certain themes, and, more particularly, anorexia. Instead of either sugar-coating it, it's blunt and unapologetic, showing the very real consequences of what happens to the people left behind once someone dies from it.
If you're sensitive about either this or child abuse, I would suggest avoiding this book altogether, otherwise I highly recommend it!

I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first. There's a noticeable shift in the writing and characters, they're more fleshed out and don't adhere to the tropes that defined them before. The writing is also a lot better, still heavily descriptive but no longer unnecessarily so. The worldbuilding continue to captivate my attention, especially now that it's mingled with the plot, I can't wait to see what that gives in the final book.
While there are some issues I liked reading this one!