Definitely try reading this, if only so you can admire the book cover for a while beforehand! I nearly DNFed this until the plot started moving, but it‘s worth sticking around for the last quarter, which brought tears to my eyes with the emotional rollercoaster. I love fairy tale retellings and this one was perfect, blending together multiple fairy tales and amazing characters. Blanca, Page, Yearling and my poor baby Roja deserve only the best!

Went to the library today and got a crap ton of books. Starting with Blanca and Roja tonight!

This book wasn‘t amazingly written, with some cliche parts and bad couples, but I am willing to overlook all that, because as a constantly stressed high school student this was exactly what I needed to read. Even if the execution isn‘t perfect, the message, that students need to support each other, that suicide is preventable if you are looking out for those around you, and that turning the pressure all the way up never ends well, is everything.

“You might get only one shot. So shoot. You know who said that? Hanna F***ing Donnelly. That‘s who.”