I wouldn’t say this ‘gripped me right away’, but I was definitely intrigued by this little bad4ss female lead and her world. Intrigued enough to read on, and before I realized it, I was 15+ chapters in and invested.

This is written in first-person POV, in the perspective of Leticia, the female lead. The neurodivergent representation from Jacob, paired with Leti’s adamant refusal to be less or make herself smaller for the sake of conformity is impossible to not love.


YA.
High school setting.
Racing.
Bullies.
Sexism.
Autism representation.
Orphan female lead.
Lots of space-related info-dumping (it was fun, interesting).
Tragedy.
Family secrets and lies.


Overall:
Another random library borrow for the win! Would explore more from this author based on this experience.

4 stars.