“Why would I feel bad for you? All I ever wanted was for you to notice me.”

This was a quick, fun read about a sorta second chance romance where Rachel and Daniel had a falling out right before they graduated high school and haven’t seen each other in 20 years. They meet again at the 20-year high school reunion and it’s basically a disaster lmao

“How did you put up with the melodrama?” I groaned, thinking about all the stupid stuff I complained about when we were teenagers.
“I didn’t put up with anything. I listened because it mattered to you.”

There are cactus spikes in butt cheeks, security interruptions, car crashes, and lots of running around and poor Rachel, who showed up 30 minutes early to the reunion, ends up late anyway after all that. But at least she was with Daniel during the running around.

“I guess we’re never too old to be young and dumb again.”

It was super refreshing to read about characters in their late thirties instead of early twenties, it was nice that they were older than me for once lmao

Also, I dunno why I was assuming no spice but there was spice! So, yes, that was great lmao

“You slept through most of our tutoring sessions.”
“I was listening. I liked the sound of your voice. I still do.”

The negatives: while I liked Daniel, I didn’t really like Rachel. She was childish, shallow, and mean (it was pointed out a lot, so it’s not like other people, and herself, weren’t aware) and it was super annoying. She did grow up, I guess, by the end, but her attitude was just really off-putting for like 70% of the book.

Thank you Fierce Reads, Colored Pages Book Tours, Netgalley, and the author for this eARC and physical copy for review.