I have read and really enjoyed this author’s first two books, so I was very excited for this one. And while the amount of spice in this one makes it YA maybe? I am calling it NA because of the age of the characters. To me college students are NA. There was so much about this story that I loved. I totally feel like Irene about real life love/relationships. Of course at her age I was nowhere near this organized and passionate about one thing, books, like she is. Although I have always been a reader, at that age I was still more into sci-fi and horror.

I loved how they used all the tropes as chapter themes, as well as for the dating experiment that Irene decided to do to make herself better suited for the sponsor she was trying to get. It was so easy to see how much Aiden was the perfect guy for her. And she was being so stubborn, even if it was understandable. I loved how she followed through those stages as did he. I could also totally understand how she felt overwhelmed starting that first year at college, and I think I kind of had the same issue when I first started college but in my case it was having more of a social life that I’d never really had before and the freedom from parents as well.

The one thing they talked about was when she said miscommunication is a real thing and I know it is. And sometimes I’m okay with it in romances, but when it is something that seems ridiculous for them not to say or tell someone, then it becomes drama for drama’s sake in a story, in my opinion. And in a way that happened here. However the way Aiden said he would be there waiting for her while she did what she needed? That made him a perfect book boyfriend for her.

This was a perfect little romance story with good friends and lots of lessons. And while I technically believe this age of character should be considered new adult, I think this is still a good YA romance that I can’t wait to share with my students!