I really enjoyed this. It gave me similar vibes to the movie Crossroads. It also gave me a what if Dolly wasn't Dolly kind of vibes. Decklee Cassel has a persona that is bigger than life, and it shows how if you use your power for yourself, it can leave you in a place you're going to regret. I found Darren and Kendall to be interesting characters as they began their journey to find the Decklee Cassel time capsule.

I found the journey so satisfying because Darren doesn't know herself hardly at all. She just knows what she thinks she wants. But I think as the journey goes on it's interesting to see how her views start to slowly change for the better. I think the dual timeline of learning the history of Decklee from the start as a runaway to the end of the novel was an excellent addition to this story because it allowed you to form your own opinion about Decklee and not what Darren thinks of her.

I also really loved that Decklee loved a woman,

but at the same time I hated watching her tank every relationship she had because she was too afraid to be true to herself because in the long run she never really did love herself enough. She thought success was the only way to measure your worth which is so untrue.

I sobbed at the end of this. Not because it's sad, but because I was so hurt for all of the characters at the end. I found that I was very invested in their journey, where they were going how they got there. I cried as a small-town girl who left and came back, because even though it has its moments it for sure has its high points too.