18+
2/5 spice

This was, objectively, not a bad book.
It was just…fine.
I wasn’t connected to the story, the characters, the narration. There was no depth to anything. The writing was average. The Reylo cliches were plentiful (although to me, that’s more of an upside than anything).
Frederick was also…too much. Yes, he’s severely out of touch with the modern world but he shouldn’t be quite so infantile, in my opinion. He seems to have no idea of how human interaction works at all—he’s too blunt, clueless on even the existance of hyperbole or metaphors, etc—but those things aren’t really connected to when in time you existed. Hyperbole and social tact exist in Jane Austen’s writing.
There were a lot of plot holes. I hated everything about the ending—it was so low stakes and the resolution was ridiculous—and not in a good way. It was annoying to read.
I did enjoy Cassie as a main character, though I wish she’d had more depth to her character. I also loved the Taylor Swift references. That alone may have bumped it up a half-star rating because that had me giggling.
In the end, I don’t necessarily recommend this, but if it’s something you’re really interested in, I won’t stop you.