Glad to see you, Sharon!
Character development: honestly I'm so tired of adolescents as the main character but this is done well, and doesn't make the mistake of crossing over into 'gross' territory of nubile maiden falling in love with decades older man'. Also, that mentally not an adolescent is interesting. Lol! Love that when she drops the (peace of mind skill - yes I'm too tired to remember what it's actually called) the hormones kick in. That was funny.
Yeah.. I remember being quite impressed with that.. so many adults writing as adolescents miss that connection between what they see as irrationality and hormones and write the characters as "little adults".. which is grating.
I know the style you're referring to.. pretty much Lolita done badly...
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