When I found out this book was going to be Bryce and Daisy, I was like Yes! Give me the sapphic. And then discovering it was to be performed in dual by Kristen DiMercurio & Andi Arndt was just the perfect blend. 

When I tell you it was brilliant. This book very much seemed to be the focus that this is a queer book that people can read and listen to and be like yes, I see myself here or I’ve had that experience. It was such a beautiful story. 

One of the things that I love about Hannah’s writing is the multi-faceted layers of characters, specifically those that present in a more negative way or that readers would interpret as rude or this person does things that are hurtful or they’re too grumpy - all the things we would praise a male character for. The way she writes it where we get that but we also get why, I mean if we bother to look under the surface. 

The way Bryce, to everybody looking in, was like the rough and tumble, the hard-arse type person but actually when you’re listening you’re like she has a heart of gold, and she’s 100% head over heels for Daisy. Even for Daisy, who comes across as the sunshine personality and kind, and not having a backbone and able to just go with the flow and be happy all the time. Yet we see more and more when it comes to Bryce that she is willing and ready to throw down. I loved it. I loved their dynamic, the way they work together as a couple. The way they push each other away because they think the other person isn’t feeling the way that they are. But it doesn’t feel like it’s unnecessary, you can see why they would feel that way. And you can see them both really struggling to find that balance between the real and the fake. 

Even the black moment, you understand it and know it is coming from a good place. And look, I loved Johnny in Chasing Home, and I know it’s his twin, but he was lucky he did not come out of that with a bodily injury - because I was ready to kick a shin lol. 

It was such a wonderful listen. Andi and Kristen were absolutely fantastic. I loved their voices together. This was the definite right casting for Andi’s more sweet, sunshiny type of performance for Daisy, in contrast to Kristen’s for Bryce, which was more gruff, standoffish type and it just worked so well. The production was great. I loved it, you should definitely check it out.