Ok, hear me out... This is the second book I've read from P. Djèlí Clark and AGAIN the writing and the world building are IMMACULATE. I love the characters and I love reading a story where like 95% of the men aren't important to it and could be erased. that's a refresher everyone needs in their lifes. BUT this book just couldn't keep my attention. I had to force myself to keep reading even though i love everything about this. I've no idea why that is, I wish I knew.. (and as a quick side note: men writing wlw relationships are something I'm not fond of reading even when done as well as it was here. that didn't change my rating of the book, tho)