I loved this so much! I'm always here for a brother's best friend small-town-romance and Kate delivered.

I read this while in hospital for my chronic illness (rip) so I could especially appreciate the real and raw way Sunny's epilepsy and her relationship to it was treated — such great representation <3 And her parents treatment of her because of it! Just straight up putting my therapy sessions on the page.

Beck is so territorial and an alpha-hero that I'd definitely get the ick irl but this book is already so quirky that I just decided to run with it and wish for my own possessive boyfriend because god, do I love Beck Loew.

Sunny and him have very healthy discussions about their relationship and its future and I have to tell you, I was so shocked while reading it because I kept waiting for that big fight but no! Healthy adult communication, can you imagine.

There's so much casual queer rep in this book, it's not made out to be a big thing, there's no homophobia at all (!!) and I'm so excited to see how that hopefully continues in the next books.

I already mentioned the quirkiness and I can definitely understand why some people wouldn't be able to suspend their belief long enough for this book but I just found the sit-com vibe so delightful and refreshing.

I could've done without the drama at the end and the random ow drama we also got but other than that, a great read!

4.75 ⭐