(click on the image for its page on Goodreads)
• I was provided with an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, you probably know how this goes •
As a fan of anime and manga I was obviously drawn to that cover. Then I stayed for the summary, which looked at the very least promising.
Xander is not good at socialising, but he doesn’t really care —he prefers it that way. On the other hand, Skylar is the best at that: forming connections, being liked by everybody. Their paths cross when Xander’s mural is vandalised and Skylar is responsible for making amends. In the end they are ‘forced’ to spend time together since they can help each other with their final projects.
They start to know each other, really know each other in a way no one else seems to know any of them, and they grow closer and closer as they do. Their relationship doesn’t go the same way as others might though; Skylar belongs to the asexual spectrum, somewhere on the gray area.
My experience as someone outside of the asexual spectrum —as far as I know, still informing myself— may be blind to some aspects but I think this book treated everything with so much respect and love that I was half-crying at some points who were lovely instead of the hardest ones —where I was mostly filled with rage. But Xander and Skylar’s relationship is so pure and beautiful you can focus on that instead of the ugly parts.
Trigger warnings: bullying, some uncomfortable or possibly triggering moments for asexual people, homophobia.
rainbowy approved!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/10
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