This was a friends to lovers. I know some people dislike that trope because it feels creepy when the guy has loved her their whole friendship, and in this case he has but he genuinely wanted to be friends with her and never expected or tried for more. 

It felt very realistic, and honestly that kind of made me dislike it a bit. That’s probably just a me thing though. It showed their whole friendship, but in a bit of a jumpy around way, so it felt like you were getting to know them like you would with new friends. At parts I did want it just to keep going in the present rather than jumping back but it did add depth to the story.

I listened to the audio, and I would recommend not doing that. The narrator was a man who had to do an accent for the MMC and the weird high pitched voice for the FMC and it just didn’t work well.