I had a difficult time getting in to this book. I loved the characters and I think the plot was great. I also really enjoyed the way the main character openly felt about the influencer he followed. However I struggled with the lack of solid world building and the fact that the world was similar enough to modern times but with some minor differences that I had issues contextualizing things. The writing also could have been stronger. I love the concept and I really think the characters were relatable.

This is a hard one to review, to be honest. I was never entirely sure what was happening. The story takes place sometime in the future and is filled with various new words and tech, but most of this is never explained. There is some context for most to help piece together a meaning, but other times it's mentioned once and never explained leaving a blank patch of confusion in your mind. There's a lot of strange spellings and text message style abbreviations which was very strange to see in a novel. Some of these were used with the "normal" spelling and I'm not sure if it's on purpose or not. One example "str8" was used often enough that I felt like I was meant to take this as a normal spelling. Though was spelled tho fairly consistently as well. The story and world seem to be very interesting so it's a shame that it's not fleshed out fully but instead fed in small confusing pieces that you have to work to connect. There's various editing issues as well but as it's an ARC I'm sure those will be fixed before publication.