This is a painfully beautiful sapphic story about a crush on a teammate but it's equally a stunning love letter to basketball. And what I mean is, I have never seen the love for a sport and the feelings one can get while playing it portrayed in such an all-encompassing and romantic way. 

And, with Mack playing her final high school season alongside her crush, Crane brilliantly illustrates the pain, wonder, fear and possibilities that are constantly revolving in the mind and heart of a high schooler, and one who is not openly living as her true self- when you're still very much a kid but confronting big feelings and faced with choices that will impact the rest of your life. So much to hope for but also so much to be afraid, or at least uncertain, of. 

I intentionally read this slowly and distracted myself from reading because I didn't want it to be over. The writing is just that good. A brilliant coming-of-age story with 2000s nostalgia. I'll be thinking about this one for a while.