Thank you to NetGalley, Emily Griffin, and Random House Publishing for this eARC in exchange for an honest review. 

This book follows a group of college friends (Tyson, Hannah, and Lainey) that are navigating a shared trauma over the course of a decade. 

It’s marked as general adult fiction but in my opinion, reads more/is written more like YA. It’s told from the vantage point of each MC and feels like there is a lot of jumping around happening. There are a lot of pop culture references but it often feels like they’re being thrown in just to be thrown in (I’m not sure Noah Kahan would ever “set the mood” for me). It made the book feel very two-dimensional at times. 

That being said, there were parts of the book that I enjoyed. The pact this group of friends make to always be there for one another (albeit a bit unrealistic as a working adult) does make me very nostalgic for my friend group from when I was a teenager. The banter between MCs, at times, really shows how close the characters were/are and it does add a layer of depth I think this book would otherwise be missing. 

I think if you like books with found family, you’ll probably really enjoy this one.