I enjoyed reading this. The writing is very good. The author's use of second person through much of the book is well done.
In thinking about this afterward, I struggle with a lot of it. The protagonist's closure through explaining to Matteo how he hurt her is confusing. He's so self-centered and oblivious - why would he care how she feels, especially now? Also, she faults him for stringing her along for a decade, but he didn't really. And many of the character flaws he has, she does also. Most notably, she treats her family and friends pretty poorly, reaching to them when it's convenient for her.
Obviously I'm torn on this one. I would certainly read whatever is next from the author, as her writing is excellent on the sentence level, and it moves nicely throughout. I purchased a copy for my library.
Thank you NetGalley and BookishFirst for the ARC.
In thinking about this afterward, I struggle with a lot of it. The protagonist's closure through explaining to Matteo how he hurt her is confusing. He's so self-centered and oblivious - why would he care how she feels, especially now? Also, she faults him for stringing her along for a decade, but he didn't really. And many of the character flaws he has, she does also. Most notably, she treats her family and friends pretty poorly, reaching to them when it's convenient for her.
Obviously I'm torn on this one. I would certainly read whatever is next from the author, as her writing is excellent on the sentence level, and it moves nicely throughout. I purchased a copy for my library.
Thank you NetGalley and BookishFirst for the ARC.