This was pretty good. I generally prefer dual POV and in some ways I wish this had been, bc it’s kind of a lot being in Elsie’s head the whole time, and Jack might have come across as less patronizing if his POV had been included. That said, somehow this added up to more than the sum of its parts, and as always, I really like Ali Hazelwood’s use of the academic setting. It’s unusual and she does it very well.