I put off reading this book because though it was a love story for one of my favorite characters in the series, Quan, a lot of reviews said that it didn’t really focus on him much. While this is completely true, I found Anna’s story so compelling that it didn’t really bother me much. Anna’s story is honestly heartbreaking but so absolutely relatable. She didn’t realize until she was an adult that she had autism and everything kind of clicked for her and as someone who was diagnosed with ADHD at like 28, I feel that deeply. The relief of understanding yourself just a bit better but also recognizing the way you were living your life isn’t sustainable is jarring but the wake up call you need. 
As for me, I love some complex family dynamics and this book delivers that! It was painful reading how much Anna had to mask just to interact with her family and how much her own wants and needs are pushed to the side because of the cultural position she’s in as the much much much youngest daughter in her Chinese family, but seeing her finally stand up for herself was just 😚👌🏼 chef’s kiss.
My main gripe is with with Quan’s chapters. He had enough going on with his personal life that he could have gotten a really fleshed out story, but we didn’t really see that. It felt a lot like an afterthought just so he could have some sort of struggles in the story and because of how underdeveloped his part felt, I almost wish it wasn’t there at all and that the love interest was just some other dude so that Quan could get the dedicated book her deserves.