I listened to this on audiobook and it was narrated by the author and the narration was a 5/5 stars - I just loved the voice of Juliet so much and how the author portrayed her worry, sadness, excitement and enthusiasm in such a lovely way via audiobook.

This book is set in 2003, and we follow 19-year-old Juliet who is a queer, Puerto Rican girl born and raised in the Bronx, New York and about to set off on a summer of feminist, queer revelation by interning with her favourite feminist writer. But first, Juliet has to come out to her family, which doesn't go too well and Juliet throws herself into her internship and starts an amazing journey into feminism, being brown and queer and standing up for herself and who she is.

God, I just loved this. This book felt fresh, and so authentic and Juliet as a character was 10/10 I loved her. I wanted to kiss her and hug her, while at the same time be her best friend and be there with her as she tread this amazing path of self-discovery and found herself in all these amazing queer spaces, and surrounded by women just like her.

There are sections in this book that are all about Juliet's feminist icon Harlow - is very much a hippy dippy white feminist type - who very much equates womanhood with periods and vaginas, but I loved how this was later discussed in the book and as Juliet learned more about sexual and gender identity, she learned how Harlow was wrong to be connecting genitals with gender in such a way. This is only one of the few ways we see how Harlow has it wrong in the book, and I appreciated how Harlow was called out by people in her circle when she did things wrong (but wow, she really needed to be quiet sometimes). I will say Harlow wasn't as bad as I thought she was going to be considering the first scene with her includes her talking about Juliet's aura. I did actually appreciate the last scene between Juliet and Harlow and the two of them clearing the air and ending on a good note with each other.

Juliet's self confidence in herself and her identity just soars in this book and it was such a pleasure to go on the journey with her. I actually didn't even spot that the book was set in 2003 until there was a conversation about 9/11 and I think that when a book feels timeless like Juliet does, it's a winner.

I highly recommend this book to everyone, and really urge people to try out the audiobook. Juliet may be one of me new favourite characters of all time, she's definitely snuck into my heart and is it too much to ask Gabby Rivera to write Juliet cameos in any other books she's coming out with as I would love to see where Juliet ends up!