it might've just been me, but the "i love you" confession felt suuper out of the blue and poorly paced. it felt like the author was under pressure to produce a climax to the story to conclude part one, but i reaaaally felt like it could've been built up better with a couple more chapters in-between. i also thought that edd's personality/thoughts weren't really developed thoroughly enough for me to understand why he would do something like that so suddenly. but maybe i've just been conditioned to like slow-burn stories better.