I can like a book with some truly unlikeable characters. I enjoy the perspective of awful people. But this book just hit wrong. 

For starters, I found the premise somewhat misleading. Like yes technically it's kind of about the two characters, but that felt like such a small part of the book. It seemed more like it was about the struggle of parenting than any particular romance. We also spent a lot of time with the ensemble cast unrelated to Charlie and Martha's romance.

I wasn't a fan of the ensemble cast. There were so many people with so little purpose in this book. Like if you're assuming the main couple are the main two characters, why are we spending so much time with his exgirlfriend's sister's kids? What did they add to the story? Like I didn't dislike following them anymore than I did the main plot, but it felt like there was no purpose. It also wrapped up with very little conclusion. And I felt that way about most of the variety of elements in the story.

I also hated Charlie. Like I wasn't a fan of many of the people in this book, but I really hated Charlie. That man was truly the worst. He treated his daughter so terribly throughout the entire book. He made no effort to support her or understand her. He reacted in anger whenever she told him anything. She was a troubled kid who was struggling (and horribly neglected by her parents), and only started improving once she was put in an environment where she got external support. And throughout this whole book, Charlie berated her and referred to her as a "little beast," a narcissist, self absorbed, despicable. Like his own kid.

All the parents in this book sucked in one degree or other. No one knew where their kids were at three o'clock in the morning, and largely they didn't seem to care. They all seem relieved when someone else was meant to be responsible so they could focus on their romances. It did not endear me to any of these characters, but this book was written like I was supposed to like them.

I did really enjoy the writing style. It flowed smoothly and sometimes I forgot how much I disliked the story because the writing style was so nice and easy. I really enjoyed Still Missing by this author and wouldn't be averse to reading another of her books, but I would probably look a little deeper into the plot because this book did nothing for me.