Very disappointed in this graphic novel. 

I found the characters besides Hector to be flat, selfish, overwhelmingly underdeveloped. 

I’m having a hard time wrapping around my head that this book was published as it feels unfinished. There was so many loose ends and scenes that seemed important at the time but had no real meaning in the end. 

Meaningless time jumps just confuse the reader. And I as the reader was very confused. It felt as if they were trying to copy Stephanie Meyer in New Moon when Bella was depressed and Edward had left, “September, October, November, December, January”. 

The romance is problematic and toxic for me. I understand there are flawed characters but to continue being a flawed character with no character development once so ever and not being held accountable for their actions was disgusting to me. I regret even calling this a romance. There was no chemistry. They had nothing in common.  And while I liked Hector’s character, the ending didn’t make sense at all for Hector’s character. Honestly, I’m not sure why there was even an “attraction” to Ari in the first place. Aside from hanging out that one time in a diner, their interactions made no sense to me.

Very interesting to me that Hector broke up with his ex boyfriend because his ex was worried Hector was getting cold feet during their plans to move in together (which is reasonable I feel) but then is interested in someone much more depressed and clingy and immature? Like what? Bro got mad at you because you wanted to go home and visit your friends!!!

I disliked this so much it makes me worry for other kids who read this and think Ari’s behavior is acceptable. The family dynamic aside from accepting Ari’s sexuality is troublesome as well. They also never learned their lesson. The sister pressuring Ari to stay for the family, the mom and dad pressuring Ari to work for the bakery and taking away his adult choices, then to

to do it all again after the fire burns the bakery? Bruv count your losses. Why rebuild when you spent the whole novel explaining that times were hard and the bakery wasn’t breaking even? By not rebuilding the bakery perhaps your offspring can have more financial freedom to figure what they want to do in life so they aren’t toxic to their loved one by blaming them for burning down the bakery to which Hector was F I R E D?!  Unbelievable.  

The whole premise was that Ari would join a band as music was supposedly his passion but there’s only one quick scene of him playing music in the entire book. Hector’s nana died and it’s never mentioned again in the novel but it was enough “pain” for him to quit school for a year? 

Make. It. Make. Sense. 

2 stars for the art and for my like of Hector. Otherwise this might be the worst book I’ve read if Ana Huang’s “Twisted Love” didn’t exist.