Aster occasionally through no will of her own words she wasn't pretty enough. Aster wanted to be more of an adiomb based or wanting to have orange pigmented skin arbitrary bazaar pointless still she wanted it and Theo made her feel like it was already. There's a romantic attraction between them that does come to a to a head toward the end of the book but it's all kind of part of their closeness i guessYeah so yeah okay yeah so there's like a romantic attractionbetween them that doesCome to a To A Head by Solomon Leibowitz (Simon & Schuster) at $16.99.