While this story definitely caught my eye, it was hard for me to stay committed to reading through it. The main characters fell in love very quickly, and I do not often vibe with her being like "wow his arms are hot" while he is being an absolute jerk to her. The journey of the secret helping bring them together worked well but they definitely did not have a romantic vibe before that and it almost felt forced to me. They flipped enemies to lovers way too fast in my opinion.

If someone moved in to my place without asking, started stealing my food from the fridge and then brought in a dog (okay no maybe I would be okay with the dog, I'll take your dog and you can go), there would be no chance in hell for us to become friends. She gets distracted by his body very easily, but like he moved in, took her furniture, put it in storage, and then just acted like it was fine. Also the Person she is renting the house from, his dad, was an asshole for doing that and not even telling her or him about it.

One thing that took a bit away from the story was the way the author preferred to explain things instead of showing them happening. Both Autumn and Elijah's individual backstories were interesting. I feel like there was some unnecessary drama added but the story was good.

Thanks to NetGalley and Kate Callaghan for the gifted ARC.

I absolutely loved this book, Red as a character was so relatable as someone with big dreams from a small town. It was inspirational to see the things she could accomplish. This book hooked me in from the start and was hard to put down, leading to me finishing it in one day. This is definitely a book I would classify as NA and it was expertly written. You get to watch Red's character development of wanting to be someone like Zay-Zay into learning to love herself for who she is.

I loved how chaotic it became when Red accidentally told Koi about the breakup and the twists that plot went through. The side characters made this book all the more interesting from Taylor Thompson Lee and his girlfriend Issa, to the family who is nothing but supportive of Red following her dreams to sing, to the staff Zay-Zay allowed to know about Red.

There were a couple things I found a bit hard to read, one if the Brooklish translations: there were just so many of them for a bit. Another part was the poor treatment of the puppy for a bit. They are not major things but things that bothered me None-the-less.

I will definitely be reading another Dana Davis book if I am able to.

This is a fantastic book about the perspective of trans people at different points in transition supporting each other.