i WISH i liked this more. it has so much potential and AHB is a MUST read for me, but it fell so flat. 
 i am begging for people to not take this as a How To manual and instead as a How NOT To manual. i can’t even see this relationship lasting as long as it did in the epilogue tbh. 

first of all, the MC’s were terrible. they were both so insanely out of touch with reality, sucked at communicating, and they were insufferable. as a couple, they were so toxic, as individuals and friends, they were toxic. the side characters were so much more interesting, had so much more depth, and i cared way more about their stories. brighton and charlotte don’t know or respect boundaries. i spent the entire book waiting for something to change to make me like the characters more or want a HEA for them, but nothing changed my mind.