enjoyed this a lot, though i saw the plot twists coming from a mile away. the writing is light and easy to digest and even with the themes of class, power and privilege it never felt too heavy or dreary. the main characters are very lovable too, and i appreciated the lesbian and trans representation! the writing was kinda repetitive though—i think i read “bemused” and “knit their brow” more than a dozen times each.

here’s a quote that really resonated with me:

“I think it’s easier to imagine things when you don’t have to live in the real world with real people,” she said. “I’ve figured out why my imagination’s broken, Mercy – I have to deal with things as they are, an’ not as I wish they were. I don’t believe that things are ever really goin’ to change, because they so often don’t. That doesn’t mean I won’t try an’ change things anyway sometimes, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be ready for how hard that is.”