3.5 stars
Tropes: Second-chance, reunion, chance meeting, young love, Millenial, person of color.
While I loved the premise and also the discussion on what the literature at wide needs (or doesn't need) in terms of different voices, the romance aspect of this book (which is why it was recommended to me) didn't exactly wow me. It reads more like women's literature. I am glad I read it though because it still taught me stuff that I needed to know, specially the overwhelming misrepresentation of POC in genre-related literature. I hadn't thought about that ( being a POC myself) and it did make me think.
However, and I am sorry for stating this, this book will not age well. Not because of the content, but because it is choke-full of cultural references that will date badly. Add to it a 12 year old sounding like a 20 year old and I was taken out of the fantasy of writing and that was uncomfortable for me.
However, and I am sorry for stating this, this book will not age well. Not because of the content, but because it is choke-full of cultural references that will date badly. Add to it a 12 year old sounding like a 20 year old and I was taken out of the fantasy of writing and that was uncomfortable for me.
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