This was almost a great book!! I'm not sure it can be classified as a romance novel, and not because of the asexuality representation (which was great) but because our main character spends most of the book pining after someone else. I needed more from the MMC as well. I thought he was great but I wanted to see more of his personality through dialogue. I did really enjoy the asexuality rep and thought that Joy's character was fun. The puns didn't really work for me but that's alright I was glad she was having a good time.

I wish the story had been more focused on her getting over Malcolm rather than her contending with her feelings for him; it could have been as much Malcom and Joy's story instead of Joy and Fox's. It felt like it didn't fully decide between these two characters and that made it fall a bit flat emotionally.