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This book was cute! I liked the non-binary representation a lot, and felt that Taika often felt like a very real person. I enjoyed their relationship with Morgan a lot as well, though I did feel it got pushed out of the way near the end in favour of Taika's relationship with Natalie, who I struggled to care about during this book since she was in literally two scenes. I wish we could've seen more of her and Taika to actually set up all of the character dynamics at the beginning before the story started.
This is the same for Natalie's friends as well, since they never really get developed enough for their characters to be interesting enough to be present in the climax of the book. Also, I found it strange that Sini just got cut out of the story near the end.
The universe created in this book was great. It felt like the author had put a lot of effort into the fantasy elements of the book, though they felt quite crammed into the story; at one point needing to be conveyed to the reader in a literal list, though I didn't mind this too much.
Basically, I just wish that the book had been longer, because there was so much brilliant potential in the book that didn't have enough time to be set up or explored, which left the story feeling quite empty. This could've helped the ending and the reveal be more exciting rather than simply confusing and a little disappointing, as Taika's big romantic goal is with someone we never really got to know at all.