3.5/5. I'm still intrigued by the story but still majorly confused. I wonder if it might be better to read the whole collection once Vaughn has concluded. I think Saga and Y are definitely easier to follow.

4.5/5 I'll probably edit this review later since I'm pressed for time the first go-round. I loved the women in this book. So different and yet living such interwoven stories. I must admit that Yael's section, in the beginning, dragged for me quite a bit. Maybe Hoffman was trying to capture the monotony of life in the desert but I'm not sure. Once I got past that and Hoffman introduced more concrete characters who I could latch onto along with Yael, it moved much more quickly. The last half of the book was well worth the trudge through the desert. Aziza and Yael are tough bombass bitches and I love them. I WOULD DIE FOR AZIZA, OK?! I appreciate Shirah but I wanted to slap her because honestly, I don't understand her love interest (he seemed really boring and I was just like "Girl, why?") Revka is the mama bear we all want. I blasted through the last fifty pages; thanks for the wonderful journey, ladies.

4.5/5

3.5/5 Six issues and I don't feel like I really KNOW any one character. Six seems like a lot of people to get to know for any comic series, let along one volume though. A good read, not earth-shatteringly great, but good. Sometimes the art was a little confusing but overall fit the tone Way seemed to be going for. I might continue on with the series, but I don't think I feel the binge urge like I have with some of my favorite series. Even if they hadn't continued, this would have been a good stand-alone comic.

0/5 Wow. I hated it.

5/5!!! FUCK!!!! This was so good! And I would have cried had I not been at my desk at work. I had to stop to write down several lines because LaCour makes her prose read like poetry. I'm in love with this book, so glad that I chose to pick it up. This is a book you could read in a day but I'm glad that I spread it out over two. It gave Marin a chance to sink into me. I think like Marin with Jane Eyre, I'll be reading We Are Okay over and over again.

3/5 I ended up liking this book much more than I thought I would. I think that has something to do with reading Choi's acknowledgments section. But I also love Sam and Penny. They're hot messes but I love them. I just wish there had been more of THEM! More of them together, more of their exchanges. Because I didn't really believe their connection until we finally got into their texts. At first, I was like, "Ok, so I'm just supposed to buy into the fact that these two are texting soulmates?" but once we FINALLY got into their real-time exchanges (it takes a WHILE), it started to make more sense.

I also wish there has been less fodder. I don't care about Sam's ex or his feelings about her (which didn't read as wholly real anyway). I didn't care about his documentary stuff or Penny's writing (mainly because OH MY GOD, it was BAD) because neither ended up being consequential in the long-run. If it doesn't elevate the story, why is it there? I felt like Andy was a disturbance and I'm so glad there wasn't a love triangle on that end (Choi could have easily given Penny a love triangle and THANK YOU FOR NOT!). Also, more YA baking (sneer). Maybe it's a me thing, too, but I HATE when stories end right at the beginning. Why is a couple getting together the endgame? I want to see their relationship at least a LITTLE bit. You don't have to give me seven years down the road when the cute texts and emojis aren't constantly part of the rapport, but I don't know, a couple weeks in would be nice.

BUT I loved when Sam and Penny finally had sparks flying. I loved the female relationships that weren't perfect but made sense. I liked how we finally got why Penny feels broken. I liked that Sam didn't necessarily get a perfect ending with his family. Overall, not a bad first novel. I'd like to see more of what Choi has up her sleeve.

4.5/5 Quick read. Thoroughly enjoyable.