Max hung back from following them into the classroom. She felt jittery and weird. Not at the prospect of spending more marinating in her and her classmates' mutual hostility--sometimes that could be invigorating--but because after this, she had a meeting with YourNewItGirl@gmail.com. At It Girl's suggestion, they were meeting for dinner at Mel's Dine-In on Sunset to see if they had "a copacetic rapport." Max focused her nervous energy on retying her Doc Marten boots and trying to brush the fine film of chalk dust off her black skirt. It had never recovered from this morning's blackboard race in calculus. Nobody else had come out of class looking like a powdered doughnut. Maybe designer pants repelled dirt in a way H&M's one-ply cotton could not.
-Messy
This was another enjoyable outing from The Fug Girls. I feel like they are pretty talented in creating characters, giving us people who behave realistically and don't just act in ways that further the plot or conform to romantic tropes. They are also very funny, which doesn't hurt. I am very much looking forward to their current work-in-progress, which looks to be a Kate-and-Will inspired royal romance with an American twist. How could you resist?
Up next: The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
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