1.5 stars rounded up

The tension between me and DNFing this book at 40%.

I was quite intrigued by how hyped this book is on booktok, but finishing this had me questioning why and how did that happen. This felt like I was reading a book that showed me how to figure out when something is toxic or a red flag. Also, the writing is so dull, which really puts me off and had me so bored and just wanting to be finish with it.

One star for the spice and filth, and point five for the fact that I liked that the characters started off as penpals, but the rest was 'eh' and even less than mediocre for me.