This is not a coming-out type of coming-of-age story (that moment has already passed for the involved characters). There is a small f/f romance, which is cute, but it is not the main focus. The story really focusses on Aideen, it’s her story about finding friendship and finding a way in life. Aideen’s friends are also fantastic and each of them adds to the story, they all have distinct identities and all have their own problems and I liked (or disliked) them all. The newly formed friendship between Ravi, Meabh, and Aideen was amazing, I learned so many cute lessons from them! Ravi was an icon, I liked his talkative, energetic, and supportive characteristics. I adored Meabh as well, she was compassionate and a bit relatable. From the blurb, I kind of expected to have this book centered on romance. Except, I think this revolved more about Aideen's problems, social life, and friendship, which made it actually better.

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