OK, I stopped struggling and just decided to let this book be fun (must I overthink everything?) What would this book be like without a love/hate relationship with the city? Who knows?! Detaching myself wasn't doing me any favors, but indulging in my memories lets me sink in and take a romp with these characters.

Ironically, just as I was getting rolling with this, I needed to read a bookclub book and then a library hold came due. As I own this one - and since I discovered it has a sequel coming out, I ended up pausing it. My guess is I'll just be frustrated if it ends on a cliffhanger and I don't have the 2nd book yet, so I may as well read through my stack and come back to this one. Especially now that I know what kind of mood I should be in when I pick it up.