"birds of a feather" by billie eilish

I was expecting a cute science romance but I wasn’t expecting such complex characterizations in this book I LOVE IT

we see in depth the pressure both bel and teo are under in their personal lives - bel trying to navigate her new family dynamic and teo trying to be “enough” to “deserve” his father’s affection as well as richness (this is me trying coded)

i love bel from her personality to her clothing style. she felt so real as character

bel being a swiftie is so real too and the way teo is trying to learn the lyrics to make bel smile

love seeing all the diversity involved esp the Filipino representation and Tagalog! also love the representation of women in stem perspectives and experiences especially in male dominated spaces

even though it was very subtle, didn’t love the jungle asian mention in the beginning. it was off putting at first but we move