10/22/18
Now that I'm thinking about this book again, I lowered it down to two stars.
I have so many more things that I disliked more than I liked.
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I didn't love this like I thought that I would. To be honest my thoughts are still all over the place. So much of this could have been cleared up with communication. 

This book is told in three parts. We get the POV of each character. We have Coop, Rae, and Jupiter. Coop has been in love with his best friend Jupiter (who happens to be a lesbian) forever. Rae moves to town and is attracted to both Coop and Jupiter. Jupiter has feelings for Rae. As you can see this is was set up to be a bumpy ride.

Like I said before, so much of this could have been cleared up with communication. There were quite a bit of hidden feelings here and actions based on those feelings that kind of pissed me off. I struggled to get through Rae's POV. I really didn't like her character and thought things would have been so much better if she never came around. But at the same time, I can also see her as a catalyst. her being around set things in motion. 

My favorite people of this whole novel were Britain and Golly. Those two characters were awesome and I loved every part of the book that they were in. 

I feel like actual teens will really love this and it can bring some things to light for them. This book does tackle self-identity and that's a big thing for teens. Well, it was for me. Younger me would have loved this book!

Overall I can appreciate what the author was trying to do here, but it was a bit all over the place for me. To top it all off, the end wasn't what I would have expected it to be and it ended kind of open instead of actually giving an ending note. 

While I do think this book would be helpful for some, it just didn't stand out for me. 

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“In other words, she’s a damn unicorn and this is hopeless.”

This book is so good! From the blurb you probably guessed it's about teens questioning their sexuality and the ways that friendships are tested. However what the blurb doesn't tell you is how cool all these characters are! Coop is both a basketball player and a cheerleader and a GREAT Friend. Rae is a little nerdy and she likes to destress by making crossword puzzles. And lastly, Jupiter is a lover of Queen (therefore she has great taste) and good person as she spends most of her free time volunteering in different outreach groups.

At times this book made me want to scream because these three characters are stubborn and a majority of their issues could have been prevented if they communicated with each other. However, that's the most teen thing to do! So if you're looking for a book with LGBTQ+ rep and diverse characters please check give this one a read.

jupiter for two thirds of this book: ‘i’m a lesbian’
jupiter when she gets her own pov: ‘yeet i like boys but i’m a lesbian but also maybe not who knows?’

this book was messy, messy, messy. part of me can’t believe it was actually written by a queer woman. three povs in just over three hundred pages made it feel like i never really got to know any of the main characters, never mind the supporting characters. courtney was whiny, rae was confusing and jupiter was selfish. they’re probably all believable as 16-18 year olds but i didn’t like any of them and there were some really harmful ideas on the page here like bi people not being able to be attracted to trans / non-binary people, lesbianism being a phase and bisexual girls dumping girls for guys. it could have been so much better and i don’t get the high praise for it.