This book was 2018 October’s Sapphic Book Club read hosted by sapphicbookclub..

It's like this book had everything I like in one place? Like, wow.

Aliens / superheroes, secret identity ✓
Sapphic romance ✓
Boss/employee age difference romance ✓
Fake dating and PINING ✓
One of them is a single parent ✓
Supportive and positive adoptive families (multiple!) ✓
Close female friendship ✓
Nerdy protagonist and cute/funny clothes ✓
LI has complex relationship with both identities ✓
LI’s kid adores MC’s superhero identity ✓
Queer side characters ✓
Complex plot with both romance and mystery/action ✓
Alien having to hide non-human traits, failing ✓
Addresses social issues like racism ✓
Fits one of my reading challenges! ✓
That. Line. Reading. Scene. ✓

The only negative thing is that Gwen was about to call herself bisexual and use the word and Ava literally interrupted her about how labels aren’t important? Like, that scene could have been handled better. But that’s all my complaint for the entire book.