I have never been more convinced that the main characters are simply not for each other.
Romance is one of my preferred genres and I can say that no story so far has convinced me so clearly that Aiden is simply not the man for Claire.

Miscommunication trope alert! Although one of the most hated tropes, it can be very well written and take the story in a whole new perspective, in this one it was a rock, a very heavy rock, that dragged them to the bottom.
But I digress.

The beginning was very promising. A broken heart, a high school love, a second chance, all the elements of the love equation were there. I was quite happy with the dialogue, which is the major part of how the book was written. My first complaint was the length of the chapters.  They were just too short. I personally don't like long chapters but this was equally distracting to read. The POV (each a separate chapter) would change so often within the same scene.  A 300+ page book has almost 100 chapters? But ok, that is something I could accept for the sake of a good story. Then came up another problem, the plot was a bit rushed but, we just started, everything is ok and I still like the writing style, let's continue. And then everything started to go downhill. Plot holes, weak world-building, side characters were cardboard, and then at the end, like a cherry on the top, the miscommunication trope which was one of the worst I've read. Like I said at the beginning, I just don't think these people are meant for each other, period.
But, what I have to emphasize, is that regardless of everything, the writing style especially the dialog, was really great. Easy to read, fast, organic.

I just think that this book could have had a much better story if it had gone through just one more edit.

I received this book as a dARC via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.