
Next, the writing in Final Draft is just so.

Laila is also plus-size, pansexual, and has anxiety, and Hannah is a lesbian!! It’s been a couple of months since I’ve read the ARC, so let’s see if I can do this book some justice.įirst off, I loved the diversity in this book. As far as I can remember, all of Laila’s friend group are people of color Laila herself is half-Ecuadorian and Hannah is Korean American, not to mention the other two friends in their group (I’m sorry, my memory is failing me rn). I absolutely adored Riley Redgate’s Noteworthy so I was so excited to be approved for this ARC! I was not disappointed with Final Draft. It lived up to everything I was expecting and then some. Nazarenko has led Laila to believe that she must choose between perfection and sanity-but rejecting her all-powerful mentor may be the only way for Laila to thrive. Soon Laila is pushing herself far from her comfort zone, discovering the psychedelic highs and perilous lows of nightlife, temporary flings, and instability. But before long, Laila grows obsessed with gaining the woman’s approval. But three months before her graduation, he’s suddenly replaced-by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist who is sadistically critical and perpetually unimpressed.Īt first, Nazarenko’s eccentric assignments seem absurd. Her creative writing teacher has always told her she has a special talent. Summary: The only sort of risk 18-year-old Laila Piedra enjoys is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories: epic sci-fi worlds full of quests, forbidden love, and robots.

Rep: pansexual biracial (Ecuadorian, white) protagonist, lesbian Korean-American love interest
