**Thank you to NetGalley, author Morgan Rogers, and HARLEQUIN – Trade Publishing (U.S. & Canada): Park Row for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.**

Honey Girl started out as a hesitant read for me, but it quickly turned out to be a beautiful story about love, determination, family struggles, and self-discovery. 

I will say that I struggled to get into this story. It took me about three times of rereading the first couple of chapters to really get into the story. I cannot fully pinpoint what it was that was tripping me up, but I think it had something to do with that explanation of the Vegas plot in the first couple of chapters and then connecting the main plotline of the story. I felt like I was missing something. 

With that aside, however, I ended up finding this story to be heart-wrenching and heart-warming at the same time. Grace, the main character, is extremely complex and dynamic. Her story and plot lines are engaging and made me want to see what she would decide next on her life's journey. There are a few times that I wanted to roll my eyes with the decisions she made, but thinking about the real world and even how I would have handled said situations, it is not hard to see why she makes those choices. 

I also really adore the relationships between Grace and Ximena and Agnes and Grace and Yuki. The relationships between all of these characters are complex and messy, making them feel like real-life connections. No path was perfectly paved and they each work hard at something to make their lives fulfilled. Rogers did a nice job developing and connecting all of the characters within her story. 

Overall, this book didn't blow me away, but I am glad I gave it a chance.