Status Updates From If I Was Your Girl

pls i love it sm i love grant he’s so sweet omg

Another trans person couldn't be put in this narrative because if another trans person was in the story and they weren't as flawlessly gorgeous and passing as the protag, all this nonsense about the protag's Atlas-level trans struggle would be crystal clear as opposed to simply obvious

Chloe you are everything to me. Local tomboy pulls a gun on a perv, more news at 11

Alright I will give the book this. I haven't seen a all-girls shopping trip scene in years and years, and I really like this one because one girl is getting into color palettes and undertones (my hero) and then you've got the farm girl tomboy of the group asking, "You can mute colors?" which has me cackling.

This book has cursed me with an essay I have to write and it won't leave my brain. Also good christ how many times can the rest of the cast call the protag hot before even the author thinks, "Alright, that's probably enough"? Is there an end in sight? Will characters interact with this protag in ways that don't involve blurting, "Babygirl you're smoking and also the coolest person I've ever met"?