(I got this book as part of Book of the Month's January selection. Hooray for BOTM!)

The book doesn't come out until March; this review is spoiler-y in some aspects.

Spoiler

I fucking love the fake relationship romance trope. It's my favorite above all favorites, my holiest of holies. As a result, I have high expectations which doesn't help when I do read the trope.

This is super cute and a decent crack at it, but ultimately pretty shallow.

I found it a hard to relate to Daisy. She's written as so super cool and so super quirky and her only hobby seems to be Marvel movies? I mean, same. But a well-rounded character that does not make. Liam is a little better, but not by much. In fact, I'm trying to remember any sort of real depth of character either of them had, and I'm not coming up with anything.

The story moves along at a quick pace, and the fake relationship aspect is super cute. Fun dates, fun tension, not NEARLY enough pining for my taste. Unfortunately the third act drama comes out of nowhere because something over the top had to happen to force the Separate/"Break up" in the third act trope; Liam and Daisy were WAY too into each other to make just a plain misunderstanding work out. Cute reading for the rest of the story, but it just made the break up part of the trope drag.

It all felt really shallow. It was a fun read, but I don't think I got much out of it otherwise.

Popsugar Reading Challenge 2021: A book published in 2021.