but upon writing this review, there was really no reason that bothered me too much to not throw in the five stars. The characters transition from “enemies” to friends before becoming lovers, and that always helps in feeling the chemistry that the author intended for us to feel. and i'm pretty sure Rhodes and Aurora are the MCs who hugged each other the most compared to other MZ characters and i know this because they're hugging each other all the damn time in the last half. I don't want to spoil anything, but I loved every scene with Rhodes discussing being in a relationship and being there for Aurora. When Rhodes set up a tent and camping chairs outside their apartment because Aurora's plans of going camping were changed.

In case it isn't and I was just lucky with this one, I'd be glad anyway, because this was a needed distraction and an addition to my collection that I would have regretted forever, if Leni hadn't convinced me to pick it up. a strong, sunshine, witty, compassionate and funny fmc who is genuinely a good person, and wants nothing but the best for everyone.Meaningful conversations are had and her descriptions of body language are so in-depth that you have no choice but to truly see, understand and interpret who these characters are. I always felt like this one had a slower start than some of her other ones and therefore I always put different ones on top of this one on my favorites list —- but now that I reread it, I realized that I was so wrong about thinking that and it actually has more or less the same pacing as all of her other books that I love - I think I just felt that way because this was the first one I read, so at the time I wasn’t used to her style yet.

I’d thought about making a list, but I was done with lists and schedules; I’d spent the last decade listening to other people tell me what I could and couldn’t do. We all know MZ's books are super long and the romance is slow af, that's why all these side characters are much needed, to keep the story interesting.

However, given the amount of time it took for the characters to get together, the culmination of their relationship feels abrupt. read 02/06/2023: Thank you, for letting me share one of my favorite books with you, honeycake ❤ I'm glad you loved this one as much as I did. For some, the marketing campaign for a new book is exciting because you know what you’re waiting for. Books set in small towns are always super heartwarming just because of the sense of community and I don’t know, nature is nice I guess, and the setting definitely contributed to the healing part of this book. i just love reading about her journey when it comes to grief, honoring her mom, and just overall realizing that the "love" she had was shit and she now knows what she👏fucking👏deserves👏.

To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below.So we’ve got the perfect setting, an age gap, a silver fox, a grumpy/sunshine trope, a single dad with the sweetest kid, a small town with lovely friendly people, MZ famous slow burn romance, and we’ve got ourselves a weekend well spent! someone free this woman from her periphrasis cage; let her know that names + pronouns are allowed to be used more than once per paragraph. Thankfully, it took a different turn pretty quickly, and I guess I have to thank Zapata's writing and her characters for it.