A quick and relevant story: in the fall of 2003, when I was just shy of 14 years old, I heard a song playing in the background of an episode of this new show I was watching and I really liked it. So I did what all teenagers in pre Shazam times did - I frantically scribbled down every word I could make out onto my arm or my jeans or something and then made sure no one needed the phone, hopped on the internet, sent those lyrics through Alta Vista until A-Z Lyrics gave me some possibilities for what the song was. Then I opened up Ares or Napster and spent a few hours downloading the options (and several soundbits of Bill Clinton prob) and eventually discovered that the song was Want to be Bad by Tegan & Sara. I immediately fell in love with them and got my hands on every piece of music of theirs the internet would give me. So long story short, I've been a big fan for almost 20 years and I'm reviewing this with a very large bias. If you are not a big fan you probably won't take as much away from this book as I did - unless you have a special interest in coming of age in the late 90s.

I don't think I actually have the words to properly review this book. Tegan & Sara are 9 years older than me but at the same time I felt like I was back in a very, very specific time in my life.

This book is open mic night when you're 15 with all your friends and everyone is secretly kissing each other but totally not lgbtq+.