please check trigger warnings for this. i made that mistake and ouch it was hard to read at times.

i really liked learning more about Mexican culture and i liked the mental health representation in this novel.

i don’t know if i just read the blurb wrong, but i feel that it misled me. i thought this story was going to be more “investigating the secret life of my dead sister” in like a YA Mexican mystery/thriller type of way. instead, this story details the life of Julia, mourning the loss of her sister and trying to find herself (even though she is constantly scrutinised by her parents for not being like Olga, her sister). the character development was brilliant, don’t get me wrong, it just was a different story to what i was expecting.

the story was interesting, funny, and sad at times but during other parts, i found myself trying to read as fast as i could just to try and find the next interesting bit.

the ending was cute and i liked the reconciliation between Julia and her parents.