This book was written well and the characters are compelling. I don't really have anything extraordinary to say about the book, even though I liked it. It was giving high school summer reading (not in a bad way). I liked Riley the most and rooted for her throughout the book. I like Jen, but she is harder to love.

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I found Jen a little harder to love because of her obvious jealousy, envy and/or resentment towards Riley. And when her husband's family were being lowkey (or well...highkey) racist, she never spoke up. I felt bad for Riley that she hid her feelings and held out on her experiences, because she thinks that Jen wouldn't understand. Riley's character development was handled well. I felt like Jen's jealousy towards Riley wasn't talked about enough and it definitely wasn't handled.