Ina Reads’s Reviews > Citywide > Status Update

Derailed - 4 stars, my fave of the bunch. This had the emotional depth and humor I’ve come to expect from SH. I loved the moments that Steph and Angel had with their squad, the fake relationship game, the very relatable reason Steph didn’t want to be in a relationship, even when she knew she loved Angel. I may not reread all of the stories in this collection in the future, but I’d happily return to this one

“”We’ve got this, Angelito,” I said softly. “I promise. And if we fuck up, we have a whole bunch of pain-in-the-ass friends who will try to help us fix it.” Angel snorted out a fond laugh. “I can hear them now.”“Me too. And I can’t wait to tell them.” This time the smile that crossed Angel’s face was broad and proud.”

🖤🖤🖤

“Raymond: Move away? Dude this ain’t eat pray love, calm down”

😂 Ray 🖤

Oh my god I was not prepared for the feels that Steph’s and Angel’s story is giving me

“Across from us, Oli was also turning red from an obvious effort not to laugh. Caleb looked like he wanted to die from secondhand embarrassment.”

Angel and Steph are lovely but this may end up being my favorite novella in this collection solely due to these moments with Oli and Caleb. They’re giving me life

“Put it on your registry,” Oli advised. “If you two ever decide to make shit get rea—”
Caleb’s eyes widened. He laughed awkwardly and abruptly enough for Oli to catch on and clam up. Caleb was definitely my dude. The quiet ones were always the most observant.
“I was joking,” Oli said quickly. “I just like teasing them about being together because they’re very aesthetically pleasing.”

“I’m not sure I appreciate how many devastatingly sexy couples there are at my engagement party.”
I opened my mouth to correct him, but Oli kept talking “Soon-to-be husband, we need uglier friends.” Caleb flushed a little at the title & smoothed the lapels of his jacket down. “There’s no such thing as ugly, darling” he said to Oli “People just look differently.” Oli gave him a dull look, but I couldn’t help a smile.

“And go say congratulations to Oli and Caleb before you get drunk.”
“Good point.” I hopped off the barstool and smoothed down my white dress. “How do I look?” Raymond flashed a thumbs-up without looking, Tonya nodded her approval, and Chris said, “Would look better if you’d said it was Versace.”

“Chris, this is from Express.”
He snorted. “Well, all right, you guys see me out here trying to elevate my homie, and she wants to stay at the mall, but it’s cool. Good to be true to yourself.”

Omg I adore Chris, he’s adorable 😂

“Chris, what the fuck are you doing?” Raymond asked wearily. “Vlogging. Obviously. As QFindr’s newest, and breeziest, IT master, I’ve assigned myself the role of chronicling all-important QF events. But anyway, let me introduce the faces of last summer’s QF promo campaign.” Chris aimed the camera at me. “This is my girl Stephanie, looking quite entrancing in some Versace—” “Chris, this is from Express.”