In general, I liked this book. I struggled getting through the first half of the book, though. A lot of the dialogue and techniques used to develop the characters and their relationships felt too much and a little pointless.

The last 80 pages or so were page turners. That’s when I finally started to feel the “I’m hooked” sensation and connected with the characters. It’s when the substance of the plot really shined through and there was even a shift in literary energy for lack of a better way to explain it.

It succeeded at dealing with loaded and complicated topics without feeling like a heavy read. After the first half, the characters were lovable and kind of reminiscent of Lifetime movie characters (which I love).