3.5 Stars

CW: Dealing with grief, racial inequality Off page death of brother in gang shooting

An important book about the responsibilities of being a citizen in our world. Understanding the issues and exercising our right to vote becomes more and more important as time passes given that some of the global economic and environmental problems are escalating rapidly. This entertaining book tackles quite a few issues alongside the importance of voting. I enjoyed Marva and Duke's relationship and oddly it felt like it developed carefully and with consideration even though the book took place over one day. An important and enjoyable book. ( )

Mentioned in a blog post at https://booksbeyondbinaries.blog/2020/07/06/veronica-mars-but-make-it-queer/

I wish I could go back in time and read this as a teenager, and write a review, and then fast forward to my current self to read this review.
As an adult it reads as sweet, silly, and sort of preachy. ( )

Gets a little didactic but how can you not love these characters and want them to get together? Her use of POV is very good and works well with plot and characterization. Great to see the issues be organic to their lives. Great to not have a misery book that deal with race. ( )

Not as good as Colbert's other books, honestly. I think it was rushed to publication and the plot suffered because it was weak. ( )