I feel like Gert/Victor has been teased a bit, so I wasn't that surprised by their hooking up, even with the weirdness of him being a HEAD. But it was cute, and making the whole Vision thing explicit was great. They've handled his PTSD about that whole situation really well.
The Nico/Karolina stuff feels... a bit too easy for me. I guess if you've been shipping them all this time, it's long overdue, but I've never been a huge fan of them as a couple and moving Julie out of the way for the friends with UST doesn't quite sit with me. I'm sure there will be more drama about the whole situation though so I'm sure this isn't a happily ever after type thing.
Like, for example: ALEX IS BACK. SHIT. I honestly didn't think she'd pull the trigger on him so soon, even if the solicits have teased a villain returning. No idea where this is going.
And I really loved that first page, where it's sort of Anka-after-Miyazawa for style in the flashback. Very cool. Rowell's writing was really, really YA there, too, and I like it. "Life doesn't keep opening doors for idiots who slam them shut without thinking."
