Point of View

The novel is narrated in third-person past by a narrator who switches back and forth between the perspectives of Hannah and Fox. The dual narration is essential to the novel’s mission of exploring both sides of the developing romance between Hannah and Fox. For the first seven chapters, the narrator confines both Hannah and Fox’s perspectives to their own chapters and flips back and forth between the pair of them every other chapter. However, as early as Chapter Eight, the narrator begins combining both perspectives in a single chapter.

The constant flipping back and forth between the two perspectives gives readers nearly constant insight into both sides of the story. In their interactions with one another and in their dialogue, both Fox and Hannah profess to only want to be friends with one another. However, their words are almost always juxtaposed with their...