3.5 stars! This was so great in so many ways and I have thoughts. So this is my first book by Justin Reynolds and this was also his debut novel. I’m so glad this book exists it’s a contemporary YA book about a HS nerdy black boy experiencing life whilst dealing with a Groundhog Day/happy death day type loop trope. I will always pick up slice of life light books that follow black male protagonists because we need more of them and this one was great. A few cons that I have are more personal preference cons vs book issues. I personally feel this could’ve been 50 pages or so shorter it did drag a bit especially since the plot is essentially repeating the same few days/events. Also, it reads very YA and like duh that’s what it is but as a 30 something reader who reads a fair amount of YA not all of em read the same and this one was more on the juvenile side IMO as far as the characters choices and thought processes. This is certainly perfect for readers in middle and HS and I’m not the target demographic for this at all even though again I mostly enjoyed this and I’m not mad I read it. Lastly the ending pissed me off slightly because there were some questions that weren’t answered and it was unsatisfying and the prose confirmed it was intentional in its choice not to answer them. It also suggested it was for the best and no no it wasn’t lol hate it felt like at the very least it could’ve provided that closure instead of feeling like I wasted my time a bit. All in all it was a good read the friendship dynamics in the book were so great! It depicted a platonic male male teenage friendship wonderfully and Jake was a wonderful protagonist he was charming and infuriating at the same time given some of his choices but both traits were on par for his age so it was necessary and well done. I’ll certainly be on the lookout for more works by the author and I hope he continues to write these fun loving light stories with black boy POVs.