I love how the author, Mariana Zapata describes trauma in this book. It is a sunshine x grumpy, but sunshine is very much an attitude and hope that Luna really works on having. She, in many ways, has a very childlike desperation for love, fear of being left, and in many ways avoids conflict and having to stand up for herself, all stemming from her childhood of abuse and neglect, and having to take care of everyone else first. She just wants someone to be there for her, like her for her, and not leave, because so many has decided she wasnt enough or for other reasons left or hurt her.

Zapata writes very realistic, because its not all happy endings. Dealing with people are hard, things damage relationships so they never can be what they were, and Zapata lets those things stay difficult and not fully resolved because that is real. I both love and hate that, I would love for everyone to overcome amd be happy and close again, but at the same time would that be so cheap when Zapata has spent so much time showing how these difficult relationships impact the characters, both as hurt and as growth.

Another strong book by Zapata, and despite the high page number, really didnt feel long, so never let that discourage you from picking up a book by her.