If we’re going strictly by the definition of New Adult consisting of characters that are in post-secondary situations and are in their 20s, then yeah sure, I guess this is considered to be a New Adult read.

But when it comes to everything else in the novel, it really does read like a glorified YA story. There’s no deeper levels to the writing, if you took the characters out of college - and let me be very clear, the whole college aspect of the setting is glossed over completely and barely registers as a blip in the story to be frank - and re-situated them into high school, the story would read exactly the same, and that’s not even considering that the relationship dynamics as a whole are very immature by nature.

And I need it to be understood that the problem does not lie with how YA this story feels. My issue lies with this being touted as an NA read, and it very explicitly not meeting my expectations when it comes to said claim. I’ve read plenty of YA novels that achieve a heck of a lot more in terms of emotional depth and drama than this one does.

I wish I could I say I was disappointed with this one, but I’m more fed up with it to be honest.