I don’t even have the words to tell you how much I loved this book. It’s one of very few books that have actually made me cry actual tears. I’m actually sad it’s over. I’ve been procrastinating with reading this book because everyone was talking about how good it was and I’m so glad it lived up to the hyped because my expecting were high for it and the book completely shot through my expectations.

This book has representation of many kinds, Evelyn is cold and calculating. And while I’m a lot of movies and books that would make her the bad guy it’s more complex than that. She’s more complex because she and everyone else is written with the complexity of being human. I was ready to google her because she felt so real it was hard to believe she isn’t. Same goes for almost everyone else mentioned. All I can really say on that is that Taylor Jenkins Reid can write well!

The last thing I wanted to talk about was the representation that was close to me and my heart. The writer in the book is a biracial woman. Half black and half white. Evelyn is a bisexual women and on one page Evelyn says something a long the lines of “don’t take away part of me so you can fit me into a box.” And it matters to both of them because it happens to both Monique and Evelyn. I loved the fact that Evelyn was Cuban-American and the writer talking to her is biracial and her boss is a black woman. Evelyn even tells Monique to “have them pay you like they would pay a white man.” Now the second thing is the sexuality. It’s rare to find bisexuals in literature. I mean clear, out in the open saying they are bisexual. And (this isn’t really a spoiler don’t worry) when Evenly realizes she’s been in love with a woman for a while and hasn’t realized it. She doesn’t have a gay panic or get scared about her feelings because she knows herself and the woman she loves. I love how her bisexuality is written. Because it’s clear she’s bisexual and clear how people see her. For example, at one part Evelyn was talking about how Celia thought of her as a lesbian when she was in love and straight when she was mad. And that she was only jealous of the men. And that’s the perfect way to show how bisexuals are treated.

Overall, this book was amazing, wonderful, fantastic. I’m not even recommending it. I’m saying it’s a must read.