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** spoiler alert ** I really liked part 1 of this book. After that it lost me for sure, the story felt boring and repetitive, and April really lost all characterization and redeeming qualities.

- I cannot stand the romanticization of a 27 year old dating a teenager. I don’t care if he “doesn’t know.�� I’m 21 and I can spot a 16 year old from a mile away. I could pick them out of a crowd by their Air Force 1st and violently flat ironed hair. At 27 you have nothing in common with a 16 year old, and if you do then maybe you should reflect on what that says about you. Cannot forgive how that was just overlooked. Hit em with the statutory charge thx.

- April was an incredibly unlikable character who only got worse as the story went on. She has daddy (and mommy) issues, I get it. But she uses sex with strangers to cope, puts herself in horribly unsafe situations repeatedly (is shock when go bad oh no!) and treats people like trash. This life she’s build is depressing. It’s not something to aspire to. She’s not a free bird, she has nothing to live for. She’s unreliable and flaky and I can’t keep defending it, no matter how bad she was hurt. She treats people who love her as if they’re disposable, similarly to how her father treated her. Break the cycle. She didn’t deserve that ending tbh. She didn’t deserve anyone’s forgiveness.

- The writing itself was formulaic and boring. Meet person, get in situation, decide it is not a vibe, discard people, run away. The irony of the title is too much. Bitch you didn’t keep a single one. They kept you, if anything.

- Pregnancy as a grand twist. The redemptive power of motherhood. Enough said, I’m over it.