Being a teenager. Being Black. Being female. Being queer. Being uprooted from your home right before senior year. Racism. Small town. Secrets. Murder. Love. Family. This book lies at the intersection of all these things yet doesn't feel forced or congested. Instead it clearly follows Avery as she navigates the changes in her life and those around her. I really enjoyed following her new friendships in her new town as she faced her own family's history and how it was intertwined with the rest of the town. While character development wasn't as strong as I would have liked for some of the people in the book, it did a great job with Avery. Chapters were mostly first person from her point of view but with little intermission chapters that provided additional background and insight from other characters, whether they were people or objects. This was a beautiful book!