Please get an editor.

Seriously. Get an editor for your next book. If you have one, get a better one.

So many of this book's problems could have been avoided if the author would have had an editor worth their money at her side. There are no typos, at least, if you don't count the odd missing quotation mark, but writing pallet instead of make up palette is just a little bit embarrassing. The layout of the actual pages was also a rather odd choice. It looks like the report of a high schooler trying to get one more page without writing anymore by using large print and even larger margins. Given that the book is only a little over 200 pages, this is probably what actually happened.

About the actual content:

I don't usually read high school romances, but I picked this book up after seeing it in a list about lgbt literature and chose it specifically for the female bisexual character. In that department, there's nothing to complain about, Lena is first in a relationship with a guy, then meets the girl of her dreams, realises she's bi, makes sure to inform everyone that her earlier relationships were still valid. Her girlfriend is lesbian, while two close friends are gay. A transgender character is mentioned, however only when talking about his suicide. All in all, very lgbt.
One massive bonus is the very fact there's no big drama, no tragedy, nobody dies! All is well! More or less, but so much more than can be said for other lgbt novels. Coming out is a bitch, but nobody abandons Lena. The two gay friends have had it a lot worse, but are now with the perfect, loving, open to everyone family, so that's good.

On to the bad parts:

This book tries so hard to be colourblind and just fails hilariously. Not only do a splatter of non-white characters not make up for focusing entirely on the story of two people constantly described as "so pale I love it" and their white best friends, but the two "diverse" friends of Lena are lazy sterotypes. There's Aikiko Fujimoto, who's only ever described as loving math and having her head in her books, and then there's Lacey, the black, promiscuous, bitchy daughter of a preacher, who cusses out everyone, starts fights, and girl, you better get out of her way when she starts to take out her earrings. Also at one point she's described as paleing to the point she could pass as caucasian. But don't worry, she's also valedictorian. And a cheerleader. And super pretty. And popular. But also, she sits at the shittiest table in the cafeteria with the other outcasts (the smart Asian girl, the single mother with a 'beautiful biracial baby', and Lena herself, the beautiful artist with a football boyfriend), because she just doesn't fit into any group. What I'm saying is that this character makes little to no sense. Oh, also, she constantly makes gay jokes, and she and Lena constantly call each other whores and sluts.

The writing could be much better. Show not tell, thank you very much. They are all so sarcastic but there never is any sarcasm, Lacey is oh so bitchy but never actually says anything bitchy, people have a dark humour but that is never shown. Instead, there are entire paragraphs about people's outfits whenever they show up in any given scene.

Also, Lena and Juliet never ever fight. Never. In an entire year, most of which was spent in a relationship.

Also, the epilogue was terrible. Why did you feel the need to nullify your own ending?

All in all a nice coming out book, great for teenagers who like reading romance novels. Great for people who crave some bisexual characters! Good as an lgbt novel without overly sexual content or tragedies. I'm still waiting for something better though.