Close your eyes and picture this with me: you’re a kid in a candy store and you’ve just been told that you have no budget, that you can have whatever you want. That is what reading this book felt like. It’s like Kayla said: ‘here, dear reader, take this,’ and then hands you the most satisfyingly sweet sapphic romance ever! I’m pretty sure I’ll have this sugar rush for days, maybe even weeks. Everything I could ask for from a book, Kayla wrapped in the prettiest paper and sealed it with the biggest bow.

Denny and Eris’ unrelenting commitment to communicate, to coexist, and then to completely fall blissfully in love made for what I can only call one of the best books I have ever read. Period. My favorite book has sat at the top of my list since 9th grade and nearly two decades later, Suncatcher has taken over the #1 spot.

There is legitimately nothing I did not like about this book. The characters, the story, the banter, the domestic balancing, the intimacy, the sheer audacity Kayla had to put neurodivergence on full display and not being afraid of doing so… it was all so incredibly stunning and perfect.

It read like a romance, but at some points it felt like a therapy session. Like their story, with how beautiful and how intricate it was, sat you down and said: ‘hey, that way you see yourself, it’s not who you are.’ And then it poured sunshine over you and made you feel just a little less invisible, a little less weird, and a little less like a burden.

It reminds you that when you choose a partner in life, it isn’t just about making it work. It’s about being truly seen by that person and that person loving you for exactly who you are. It reminds you that love is about letting your walls down enough to allow yourself to feel the safety of that person’s companionship. It’s not just about making it work, it’s about experiencing life together, with your own autonomy intact. Fitting together like a puzzle and not being formed into whatever feels best like Play-Doh.

Denny and Eris were so different from each other that you kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, for the entire thing to blow up. And then slowly, their dynamic as a couple takes center stage and you watch them start to heal together, fit together, and find blissful happiness. All you want to do is cheer them on as much as the people in their lives do.

There’s a reason I write the cause of divorce as incompatibility so much at work. But these two, nah, these two knew how to be the biggest green flags in each other’s lives, never letting the red ones find their way through the door. They knocked, but they never let them in. And it all started with trust, one of the grandest gifts you can give another person.

If you’re curious about the spice, I’ll just say this. There’s an awfully exquisite reason that those whose brains work a little differently find comfort, peace, and safety by handing themselves over willingly to a partner who knows their needs and boundaries.

This book took me on the most magical emotional journey. There is no denying just how much I fell in love with Eris & Denny and their little love story. Five stars all around. Tens across the board. A perfect 100%. I will treasure being able to experience Suncatcher forever.

This one isn’t meant to be devoured. It’s too magnificent for that. Take your time, feel it, breathe it in, highlight it like a college textbook the way I did. And if you love it just as much as I do, come find me, tell me! I could talk endlessly about the beauty that is this book.

• Received an ARC copy of this book from the author. Thank you!