For me this was like the author bought a bunch of ingredients that could have made a great dish, but nothing was seasoned or cooked properly and it just kind of tastes like bitter mush. If you like mean lesbians who have no character growth, grumpy + sunshine pairings where neither have any nuance, dark academia: backpacking edition that feels as immersive as a puddle, extremely thin allegories, and a gaggle of uninteresting interchangeable characters, then this will hit the spot. Jokes aside, I feel like there will be plenty of people who enjoy this who aren't as character-driven of a reader as I am. I could not make myself care about the main character and her straight line of starting the book as a broody jerk and finishing the book as a broody jerk, and her perception of every other character is so narrow and unforgiving that I couldn't latch onto anyone or anything to keep my attention. Despite excellent narrator Saskia Maarleveld's efforts, I felt like my mind was constantly wandering away from the book. 3 Stars because I think there was potential and I think there will be an audience for it and I'm happy for those readers, but I personally didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped.