The characters’ lives, the romance(s)…everything. But all of the things in this book seemed like they were just so messy. Tom’s passion for glittering up everything he comes in contact with (a fire hydrant, for one), is a little strange, but hey, I’m all for embracing different interests. So…I mean, the backstories for each of the characters were pretty nice…Ramona started taking piano lessons with her mother (who loved piano and was amazing at it) when she was young, and she kept up with it because she not only loved it, but felt like it was a way to connect to her mother, who had died.
So now Ramona is in love with two guys, and Tom wants to be with her, and so does Sam, and it just ends up being a crazy love triangle full of teenage angst and confusion (I think the guys were in love with each other, too? I have no freaking clue). His name is Tom, and he had recently gone through a breakup with this long term girlfriend, because she was tired of him not having those kinds of feelings for her. Then Ramona realizes that she’s in love with the new member of their band, too. But see, deep down, they’re in love with each other and do that thing where they avoid the topic with one another but go on and on throughout the entire book about how in love they are. Ramona and Sam are in a band together, where Ramona plays the drums and Sam plays guitar. I’m not entirely sure why this book and I weren’t a great fit, since it wasn’t exactly terrible, but I realized three quarters of the way through it that I was trying to force myself to enjoy it rather than actually just enjoying it because it was good. However, I just didn’t enjoy this one nearly as much as I had hoped I would. I turned the page and my heart sunk so low into my chest… I’m a changed woman after reading this.This is one of those books that I was incredibly excited for, and when I got approved for this on NetGalley, I was ecstatic. Instead, I was fooled by Nowlin’s sweet words. If I was smart, I would’ve predicted it ahead of time. Poor sweet angel boy - he’s always protecting everyone and no one is protecting him. I wanted to give him a hug every time he was pining after Autumn with no feelings being returned from her. I loved him and Autumn together from the beginning.
Maybe it’s her incredible writing skills, or maybe I’m just in love with the childhood friends to lovers trope. There’s something about the way Nowlin wrote this book that seems so poetic. I loved Autumn’s little group of outcasts, although I was pretty suspicious of Jamie at the start… there always seemed to be something between him and Sasha. Laura Nowlin really captures the coming-of-age essence. I just finished reading this book, and oh my God - 5 stars.
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