Fun, mysterious, YA book

I really got into the mystery and could feel the tension between Loli and X, I thought the idea of them being "pen pals" was so cool and I was excited to see how they kept managing to one-up each other. 

Loli was an interesting, 3-dimensial character. She felt incredibly fleshed out. She's confident, but chaotic, but also selfish and stubborn, and I think it's refreshing to see a young Black woman be unapologetic. She did what she wanted and that made the story so stress-inducing because you're able to see down what road she's going...

 The mystery behind X was really interesting, I found myself paying attention to all the side characters to really try to suss him out. The side characters weren't totally background players, they had their own roles and stories too which was nice but I think it would've been cool to see more from them.

One thing that was a bit disappointing was that we don't get any real closure on her character arc at the end...There were no real consequences for Loli, even at the end. The adults in this whole town, including the cops, let her do whatever she want and that took me out of the story a bit. 

The story was still good, definitely would recommend! 

(I added a minor content warning for gun violence, but no one actually gets hurt, just threatened)