I gave up on Naiad-ish books several years ago. Now, after grad school with more time for leisure reading, I thought I'd try again. Lesbians have come a long way in that time, but apparently lesbian fiction hasn't.This book is ridiculously predictable. There is no real development of the passion between the two main characters, and I never felt the chemistry. The insertion of Serious Theme A, Serious Theme B, etc. was awkward and heavy-handed. The use of "blackspeak" was uncomfortable. Slice-of-life passages are fine, but detailed descriptions of badminton matches and gym class lesson plans don't cut it.All in all, the book is too serious and generally unhappy to be light, fluffy reading, and it's too cliched to be good "make you think" reading.