I love a book based off a Taylor Swift song, but even as a hardcore Taylor fan this felt like overkill. I love a good playlist at the beginning of a book, but having a song associated with each chapter was too much (especially when the songs didn’t even make sense a lot of the times with the chapters). The characters felt very surface-level, and I didn’t like the alternating timelines. I’m a fan of short chapters, but the chapters in this book felt way too short. The writing also read more immature, which makes sense after learning the author is 16. I think this book could be really good with some editing and skewing it more towards a younger audience.

TW for sexual assault that appeared out of nowhere.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the arc!