Molly and Alex don’t get along, and they definitely don’t trust each other, but Molly needs Alex’s help to work up the courage to actually talk to her crush, and Alex agrees because she needs to prove to her ex-girlfriend that she’s more than just a “selfish flirt”. The classic: “we’re complete opposites but can help each other win over the people we’re actually in love with, and we totally won’t start falling for each other along the way”. 😉
TLDR; haters-to-lovers college sapphic rom-com with “he was a punk she did ballet” vibes
I thought the writing was a little heavy-handed at times, but the general heart of the story was sweet, and I could tell that it was a very personal project for the authors, who also went to the University of Pittsburgh and met each other there! I also enjoyed how the book touched on what healthy relationships look like, self-sabotaging tendencies, fantasy vs. real relationships, and explored heavier topics too, like generational trauma and alcoholism.
My initial rambling notes after I finished reading were, “will hopefully continue these thoughts when i am more awake”. 🤡 Spoiler alert, that never happened, so please take my opinions with a slee-deprived grain of salt.
Things I liked ✅
Things I disliked ❌
As someone who was also scared of her feelings for a long-time and tended to keep people at a distance, this one hit home.
“…it’s all the things I never knew an ‘I love you’ could be, meeting me exactly as I am, without a single condition. It’s coming home instead of running away.”