I was really excited for this book when I read the concept. An LGTBQ+ story is always a plus!!! However, the writing style was lacking. It just felt odd and wrong and I didn't like it.

Just couldn't get into it. Not for me. I might give it another try in the future, but right now, nah.

mentioned in my Jan wrap up.

This book would be classified as young adult genre. It deals with two girls, Kai and Riley, becoming aware of their sexual orientation. Watching their young love develop is cute. Various thoughts and issues they have are ones expressed by many gay people.

The other storyline in the book pertains to native Indians. Kai is an Indian and is experiencing visions related to her family history. Kai has many questions about her father who died when she was young and her mother who abandoned her shortly after birth. She is being raised by the father’s sister and they have an excellent relationship.

The characters were well developed and certainly believable. Kai’s aunt, her new girlfriend, Riley’s sister, and Ms. Byrd all made for good support to the story line. The sexual realization story is one which is old, but people still enjoy reading.
Editing was a problem which I noticed. There were numerous times when words were misused or missing. Thorough proof reading would certainly elevate the quality of this book.

Unfortunately, the book comes to a very quick finish. Throughout the story the author provides in-depth details about the growing relationship between Kai and Riley. The super-natural visions were a little confusing at times. The ending certainly leads the reader to expect a sequel to this book.

I am giving this book 3-1/2 stars out of 5 stars.

I was given this ARC in return for an honest review.

I want to start this review by saying that as an adult I am a big fan of the young adult genre. A large number of my top 10 favourite books are young adult. I just needed to make this point so that it was clear that my issues with the book was not because I am an adult trying to see adult characters in young adult, I am not. But what I do have issue with is when you have someone writing in the young adult genre from an adults prospective of teenagers which makes the characters act and look like they are 10 years younger than they are.

I was looking forward to the book and really thought the concept sounded great. The issue for me was that the author clearly has a parent’s perspective of teenagers because it sounded like my mum writing a book about me and my friends when we were in high school. Unfortunately I couldn't finish the book.

Absolutely loved this coming of age story. The two girls meet quite by accident one day in the principal's office. Kai, is a Native-American athlete and not afraid to stand up to those that bully others. Riley, is a passionate musical theater student trying to live up to her older sister's perfect image. A friendship gradually forms and gives way to a budding romance that will remind older readers about the innocence and beauty of young love.

I felt the secondary characters like Kai's aunt and Riley's parents were well written, but found it interesting how quickly the other students and friends seem to fade into the background of the story.

The part of the story that I found took this rating down from a 4 or 5, was the sub story line that took hold around the middle featuring the supernatural and the kidnapping of Riley's sister. I was glad that it ended as quickly as it had started. But I really don't want to dwell on that because the beauty of this story was Kai and Riley.

Not the way I wanted to start off the year with such a disappointing book. This fall into the YA genre but with dialogue and actions very obviously written by an author with no sense of how teenagers speak. The dialogue is tremendously painful and I fought with the urge to cut my losses and just abandon the book altogether. There are a lot of things I'll let slide in my reading, but not dialogue; corny/stilted/fake/nonhuman-speech-pattern is the first thing that will take me out of a novel. But this one had plenty of other reasons to boot. This is part coming out/coming of age novel and part sci-fi urban fantasy, yet the two genres are in no way weaved together (ala Buffy, say) naturally. The fantasy elements occur randomly in the midst of these two teenage girls "making out" and have no satisfactory explanation. The author may be leaving room for follow up titles in an ongoing series, but if that was even the case, it would be nice to explore that urban fantasy element and craft a world rather than sprinkle hints and literally run away from it. I just had a difficult time finding something likable from this book. There were a few genuine moments between the protagonists that were cute or sweet but those moments were very few and far between and overwhelmed by the distracting dialogue and nonsensical/unresolved storyline. Would not read any other novels by this author if this is typical of her writing style.