Second First Impressions has been one of my most anticipated books of 2021, so I was over the moon to receive and advanced copy.

This book is more in the vein of The Hating Game (one of my most loved, most reread books of the past 5 years)

Ruthie and Teddy have that push/pull thing going on (though why anyone would want to push him away is beyond me lol). I adored him completely. It took me a little bit to warm up to Ruthie, but as the book moved along she really grew on me. At first I wanted to reach in and pull the stick out of her butt (though I think her co-worker Melanie was already working on that for me).

The residents of this retirement community will keep you on your toes - though there is something revealed that felt unnecessary, and maybe just thrown in as an afterthought? But this could just be me.

And again, this just being me, I didn't feel the relationship between Teddy and his family. Am I supposed to hate them? Feel ambivilent? I just didn't know what

This is a lot of two steps forward, one step back. I enjoy a slow burn, but this seemed like it was never going to get there for a while!

Whilst this is not the dizzying heights of The Hating Game (and let's face it, that is always going to be a big thing to live up to), Second First Impressions was enjoyable and sweet story that I will read again in the future.