Status Updates From The Incandescent

It’s cute and funny to see the YA novel in the wings of the main story. Having read lots of YA novels the “and then there was a competent adult involved” element is cute to me. But I’m not actually liking it much. I am not really sold on the pacing. I’m just shy of half way and I’m not sure what the arc is. The romance angle is boring. The world building flies by without getting a chance to shine. Ehhhh?