📙 This was mostly a good book. I found it a bit confusing in some parts, just because I was ignorant. I don't know anything about UK Jewish history/culture, and I only know a few Yiddish words, and I don't know the Hebrew names for almost anything. But these were just at certain moments, I was definitely still able to follow along with the general happenings.

🎧 Justine Eyre, queen of histrom, was the sole narrator for this book (although it is a dual POV story). While she performed well per her usual, I have to say, hearing her say "oy" was kinda off putting. Maybe this is because I don't know any British Jews, so hearing the words in a refined British accent weirds me out? But any time she said a Yiddish or Hebrew word, it just felt like, wrong coming from her voice. Super awkward. But IDK maybe this is just my ignorance again. 

🌶️ 3.5/5 Okay let's talk spice. There were a few different explicit scenes where things get hot and heavy with hand and mouth stuff. Like, detailed, long scenes, pretty well written. But the MCs only have PiV once, and that part is skipped over??? I've never seen an open door romance just fade to black through the first time PiV-ing. So that was kind of a weird choice and a bit of a let down.

🏳️‍🌈✊ This story takes place entirely within the Jewish community in London. So the reader gets steeped in that culture, both from the rich FMC side and the poor MMC side. And yeah obviously there's class difference shown as well. There are only two characters we know are queer (well, one who's dead before the story begins, but who still has a large presence in the FMC's mind, plus one who's alive and active in the story).