I gave up after 40%. The biggest annoyance was the inconsistent POVs. The back makes it sound like Schuyler is the MC, but really it jumps from person to person so much your head spins.

Second was the nonstop fashion descriptions. Unless you are really into the world of fashion designers (which I suspect most readers are not), it is too much.

And none of the above helps the fact that I was just bored reading it and not remotely invested. It gets 2 stars bc it was too blah to even hate.

Notes as I read:
March 31, 2023 – page 37
12.25% "Having a hard time with the writing.
1. A lot of the words I don't know what they mean and too lazy to look them up. Historical, regional, cultural type words.
2. It's treating smoking, in teens even, like it is a good thing and cosmopolitan.
3. There is no consistent POV. You’ll know the thoughts of one character and a paragraph later it is a different character's POV. It's making it hard to connect w/ anyone."

April 1, 2023 – page 122
40.4% "I think the author wanted to be in fashion but ended up writing instead. I don't think a paragraph goes by without mentioning some designer. Which makes the story boring, bc who freaking cares.
And the POV switching is still really annoying.
Pretty sure this book is gonna land in the DNF"