Kiley Reid does it again! If you liked Such a Fun Age I think you’ll like this one as well. Reid does such a good job of capturing the college experience in such a way that I felt like I was back in college. It’s not looking back through rose-colored glasses, you see all the cringey flaws as well as the good. And her character building is so on the nose! I don’t know how but Reid teleports you into the novel with the characters. I felt like I was watching a slow train-wreck and I couldn’t look away. I was captivated by every word.

I don’t think the character growth itself was strong, as no one really learned their lesson and they all ended up okay anyways without any reflection. But that happens sometimes! Life isn’t fair. I didn’t really mind that as much in this book because the journey to get to the end of the book was so entrancing and I liked the ending anyways. I felt like overall it was true to the characters and the journey they went on and also young adults can be stubborn and refuse to admit their faults. As the book says, I think these characters will reflect back on their experiences in a few years and that’s when they’ll have learned their lesson.