I had to dnf this book :(
I try really hard not to dnf books and I might give it another shot sometime later in the future but for now I am putting it down

*spoiler free*

I don’t want to say this book is bad, I think it’s a cute idea and has a lot of potential but the writing style really rubs me the wrong way; it’s very tell not show and the third person parts are written as if in first person where we are told what the character is internally thinking as if it’s first person but it’s actually third and so it’s very off putting…

The two main characters are not very likable (and not in a good way), it seems each POV is just them complaining and they don’t have a personality outside of that.

I want to preface that I don’t think the book was bad it just wasn’t for me, and I still encourage people to give it a try! No hate towards the author, I really really wish I enjoyed this book more it just did not do it for me :(

BUT

I love that there is some queer and genderfluid rep in this book ♡ It makes my heart happy but I wish the author did a better job of explaining how this ideology affects the rest of society. They seem so open minded about gender and sexuality and yet this openmindedness is not reflected anywhere else in the society and i find that super disappointing. It feels very forced and the way the book explains it is also just a cop-out? It’s explained to one of the main characters who is new to the land by a stranger he encounters and it’s just not well done at all. Almost feels like a publicity stunt. Like the author just threw it in there to be able go say “hey queer community! look! genderfluid representation!”