The ending felt very rushed and way too tidy the way things unraveled should’ve lent to a slightly less “no loose ends” HEA, in my opinion.Abby is honestly a pretty mediocre narrator I never felt like I was particularly rooting for her (just the romance itself), and I wasn’t always fond of how she treated other characters.Cooper’s cluelessness borders on being a jerk from time to time, and when coupled with his arrogance, it was a little frustrating.The entire focus of the book isn’t just on Cooper a surprising portion of the story focuses on Abby’s art, or even her blossoming friendships with other people, which was nice and added some three-dimensionality to the story.While this isn’t the best portrayal of that trope I’ve seen, it was a pretty damn good one, and I appreciated that it wasn’t as happy and cutesy as they are in a lot of fluffy contemporary titles. I’m such a sucker for the best-friends-turned-lovers trope, and I always have been.He’s flawed for sure, but I mostly really liked his banter with Abby, and there were some tender moments that bordered on turning me into a pile of goo (like when he’s sick, and wants only Abby to take care of him – precious).

Despite being pretty clueless as the best friend/unrequited love stereotype, Cooper is an enjoyable enough love interest.We see some surprising anxiety and agoraphobia rep in her mother, but the star of this book for me was her grandpa, who is kind, witty, and absolutely hilarious. I have to give Kasie kudos for the fact that I read the entire thing in one sitting and it managed to pull me out of my slump! It was a really cute, fast, and fun read, which is all I expected when I went into it, honestly. This was my first ever Kasie West book, and I picked it up when I was in probably my worst reading slump all year.

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