I thoroughly enjoyed this. Getting into miss Junie B Jones' head was so frustrating, to hear the microaggressions dressed as her "brilliance" was so so frustrating, but I'm sure Kuang did this by design. I loved hearing the ins and outs of publishing and damn is it cutthroat! Sometimes Junie's thought process was so annoyingly obvious or just make you think, surely she is not going to say that to the student....and SHE DOES. And makes it worse. every. single. time. In the end the only vitriol spilled was her own. I did feel like the end was a let down for me. I read the last page on my ereader and was like....nooooo is that the end???!!! In all fairness, I don't even know what I wanted from the ending but I wanted more.

Ah, I definitely had high expectations for this one since I saw so many people reading it this summer. It's definitely a fun read for early summer, as it follows the main character, Alice Everly, a photographer from the city, looking to recoup her inspiration at the lake over the summer. I did love getting to be in the headspace of a photographer and see how she experiences and quite literally sees life through her camera. I do think the plot was a bit obvious, and I found Charlie insufferable at times with his inability to communicate that (clearly) something was up. Pacing wise, it was frustrating (for me) to get to the truth pretty much at the end of the book...Overall, I'm just not sure if this book was my favorite. I do gotta say it is one of my favorite book covers though! Such a perfect summer vibe.