Genres: Adult Fiction, Contemporary, LGBTQ Romance (Bisexuality)

Tropes: Dislike to Love, Workplace/Office

Moods:Emotional, Funny, Lighthearted

This was very cute and funny. I LOVED Colin. He’s basically all-in from the get-go, despite the somewhat rocky interactions the couple has for a while. I also loved that the book repeatedly seemed to intentionally subvert expectations based on romance novel stereotypes–despite Colin being a divorce lawyer who doesn’t really believe in a HEA, he knows he wants to be with Truly and doesn’t falter in that. Truly, the romance novelist, is the one who struggles with commitment on the other hand due to her fiance cheating on her and the looming possibility of her parents’ divorce. 

I did struggle a little with their banter at times which was I dropped half a star. For the most part, their back-and-forth is hilarious, but there are a few times when it felt a little distracting as the reader. The couple would be having a conversation and I’d legitimately be trying to follow what they’re saying, but then their conversation would get kind of derailed by the banter, and I’d find myself wondering what they were even talking about originally.

Safety Stats:

Ages:

Truly is 27, Colin is 32.

Cheating:

Truly’s fiancé cheats on her at the start of the book, and she breaks up with him. No cheating occurs between or on the hero or heroine.

Other OM/OW:

Truly has an ex-fiancé who cheated on her, but she is not pining for him.

Separation:

Not really. Truly almost breaks up with Colin in the 3rd act due to her cold feet about relationships, but in a nice subversion of expectations, they stay together and agree to work through it.

Triggers:

Truly’s fiance cheats on her in the beginning of the book. Additionally, there's some BDSM-lite interactions that take place between Truly and Colin (he asks her to "be a little mean" to him during sex) but it's clearly discussed and both parties are into it.

 

HEA/HFN?:

I’d say somewhere in between. Couple is engaged in epilogue.