I appreciated what the author was trying to do, but it read more like a self-help/self-actualization book than a contemporary romance. This ended up being a very "tell", not "show" story, which made it hard for me to empathize with the FMC. Also, the romance felt very ... forced? There was no real tension (imo), so I ultimately didn't really care about MCs. Solid effort, but not for me.