so this was just okay... i was into it in the moment, but in now it's just meh. the romance was okay, not as good as it could've been.

the storyline with ava's family felt unnatural to me. it felt normal at first, then took an extreme turn.

the storyline with alex's family also felt unnatural. once again the first half of the book was dull and normal, then it took a sharp turn into less of a slice-of-life romance. not that it's a bad thing that it went towards more fiction, it was just not the tone the first half of the book had.

also, i used the audiobook for this and even though it didn't taint the book, man did i have a lot of trouble with that.