I keep on flipping between 3 and 3.5 stars for this one. It was mostly fine, a bit cute, VERY cheesy and at times cringey, but it kept me reading. I think my main issue with the plot is just how convoluted and too far fetched it became. Eventually, there was just so much going on all at once that I lost sight of what I had to focus on. A lot of the problems I had with it are also mentioned in this review. This book was longer than it had to be, and there was an element of cheating in it - despite the main characters not actually being in a relationship, everyone else thinks they are and yet engage with them anyway, creating a funny (but also kind of concerning?) love square of sorts. I also thought the anger towards Ellie towards the end was misplaced. And if you're like me and you dislike pop culture references in media, you're going to have a hard time with this. I love Taylor Swift as much as the next person, but the constant references to her and other things got to me a bit.

I've seen people discuss the demi rep in this book...I somewhat consider myself to be demi (or somewhere on the aro-ace spectrum at least) and I didn't realize until after I finished reading that the rep didn't necessarily line up with my expectations. Ellie's identify is mentioned in text multiple times - which is great! - but the characters also talk about how she essentially fell in love with someone over the course of one day, then continued to think about her for the next year before falling back in love in a week. This could happen for some, but at least in my experience, I would need so much longer than just a day or a week to fall in love and kiss someone. Maybe this is true to the author's experiences and just not necessarily mine.

I did like Ellie and how relatable she was in terms of her fears and anxiety and hopes. I love reading about genuine characters like her.