I really loved Alexene Farol Follmuth’s first book so I had pretty high hopes for this one and it didn’t disappoint! Her combination of nerdy themes and sweet YA romance is always done so well, she’s autobuy author for me now.

I really enjoy Vi’s character and I feel like i I don’t read characters like her often enough. She was a little abrupt and abrasive sometimes - even a little unlikeable at moments - but that actually made me like her more because it was so refreshing and real. She’s not perfect, she makes mistakes and isn’t going to make herself smaller to make other people feel better. It can be almost uncomfortable at times because its so honest and unrestrained and really enjoyed that.

I also really enjoyed the overall commentary about sexism in nerd spaces and racism more generally. Jack’s arc around people-pleasing so as not to come off as the ‘angry black man’ was really interesting and well done. Vi and Jack both have something to learn from one another and I loved the journey.

The characters and relationships more generally were all great and overall I really loved this book! I can’t wait to see what the author does next!