3.5/5

Description: Is stealing a love language? For Crystal, once her squat rack gets stolen, she begins a gym rival to lovers trope that could make anyone swoon. Crystal has to focus on her social media accounts and continue to build her platform while working with her clients, but Squat Rack Thief is a constant distraction. Once the two after able to move past their initial rivalry, will the world of Social Media be too much for the couple? Can they overcome what other people think to stand by their values?

The good:
- I thought Crystal has a good self-improvement journey. I feel like we'd be friends in real life (generally speaking)
- I think the family backstories were cute additions to the book, a nice depth to the novel
- The messaging overall was a message I feel I could relate to and stand behind, especially by the end of the book.

The loss of a star and a half:
- I know you see the MMC's name in the description.  You don't learn it for almost a fifth of the book, it was just a weird quirk I could not get over.
- I do book social media, my husband doesn't. The arguments over social media were handled so differently than how I would personally handle them in a similar situation, it didn't vibe in my head and i didn't really like it, even though I know it was used to further the plot.

Overall: It was a good rom-com vibes debut and I'm excited to see how Amy continues to evolve in her writing.