8At lot of times when I start books, I can be swayed by a smaller page count. This book isn't huge, longer then a novella but not quite as long as most novels. I was pretty confident I could knock it out in an afternoon anyway.

By page 20, I was just really sad that it wasn't longer. It's so beautiful, it's emotionally wrenching in a way that is so rare. It doesn't rely on drama for its emotional impact even though there IS drama. The conflicts are so jarring against the calm cityscape of feels that Vivancos pains. And I mean that in a very good way! The love is so bright that it shines through everything, it's never absent. I was hesitant to read something about graffiti because I'm former vandal-turned-sticker artist and I kept on waiting for the inevitable moment when I had to say, "It's OK that this isn't quite true to the subculture" but that moment never came! It was such a striking character in its own right and even the way Jay made sure Logan knew he did murals he wasn't a tagger -- made me snort. Sooo true to life. Viviancos curated the vibes so well that even when there was a moment of "Oh, that's different" I was so throughly in the world of Jay and Logan that I accepted it all happily.
Everything was described so well, I was instantly transported to their world.

This book is going to hurt you, but it's going to hurt you in a healing way.

Instantly a favorite. 6/5, will re read, Highly reccomend