I just really didn't enjoy this book. I think it's mostly the genre because contemporary has never been my favorite but it was also written kind of like a memoir which is also not my favorite.
I will say that this book was fairly well-written. The prose was descriptive if a little heavy on similes and the character development and growth were decent. I particularly liked the full-circle closure at the end.
But ultimately I was just bored with this book. I wasn't really interested in the main character too much. Actually she kind of annoyed me with how naive she was. And I really didn't like how often the author used gay, queer, and fag throughout the book. I know those words were used in that time period but they really didn't need to be on like every page. It was overkill and unnecessary.
I also wasn't really invested in the romance of this story. I know that the romances probably weren't the point because it was more of a character study and watching the character grow, but still. I didn't like Kitty and her lack of communication and I didn't like the jealousy of the past from the other one either. I also felt like they were so different and probably weren't good for each other in general.
I did like the small pieces of queer history that I got through this book though. At least I hope the things I picked up on are actual history pieces. Like I didn't know lesbians were called toms back then and I hope that wasn't made up for this story.
Overall, I do think this story was written well but it was really not for me.