This book just kept taking me by surprise. I thought it was a fun, enemies-to-lovers with a mystery but then I was crying? Greenfield is so good at creating amazingly complex characters. They spoke to my heart, and I know they'll speak to so many young readers as well.

I thought this was a sweet Sapphic romance. I really appreciated Sadie's perspective as someone who struggles with depression; I really felt it was accurate and then I saw the Author's Note! I enjoyed the dual point of view as well.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury YA for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review! This comes out September 23rd.

Sadie and Cleo have been rivals since birth. It’s the fall of their senior year and they are neck-and-neck for valedictorian when a string of increasingly serious pranks take over their school, the perpetrator deliberately setting up Sadie and Cleo to take the fall. With expulsion on the line, Sadie and Cleo team up to investigate who the true culprit is. The two grow closer and wonder if they are really destined to be rivals.

This was such a fun, sweet romance and mystery. I loved both Cleo and Sadie so much. The characterization is excellent - they truly do feel like people you could meet. I loved how this is a story about two lesbians confident in their identities. Cleo, specifically, is referred to and refers to herself as a butch multiple times. While stories about figuring out your sexual and romantic orientations definitely have their place it’s always refreshing to read a story where the characters’ orientations are still important but do not define them.

The other aspects of their identities are also important but not character-defining. The depiction of Sadie’s depression was excellent. I have been in Sadie’s shoes and it all felt so raw and authentic.I can’t speak personally to the Jewish and chronic pain representation but I loved their inclusion and I could tell they were also done with care.

I can see some people wishing the ending had more loose ends wrapped up but I loved that it ended with some things still up in the air - it feels true to life when you’re a teenager with a whole life ahead of you.

This book has cemented Greenfield as a must-read author for me. I can’t wait to see what they write next!

Thank you for the ARC. This was such a fun Young Adult read! I love the complex characters Chatham Greenfield writes; I see so much of myself and my friends in them that I rarely if ever see portrayed in books. It is so wonderful and comforting to see