I honestly probably would have never tried this had it not been for a bunch of my friends enjoying, and in the end I'm glad I did!

I was definitely put off at first by Piper, since she seemed so shallow, and I was honestly worried it was going to take a while for her to grow on me. However, right as I was sharing these worries with my friends, she began to show more and more depth, and I quickly became attached. I'm still surprised by how fast this switched for me. I ended up liking Piper a lot overall, even though some of the scenes at the beginning are still questionable, and I loved the growth and transformation she went through during this book, without the story necessarily focusing on Piper changing herself wholly as a person. She learned more what matters to her, without giving up the girly, sparkly aspects of herself.

The love interest, Brendan, was a bit grumpy and callous at first, but this quickly shifted too. I liked the dynamic between the two a lot, and how they both forced the other to open up to new experiences and ways of looking at the world. In the end, both Brendan and Piper were stuck in their ways/world views, and meeting each other and learning from each other caused both of them to open up more and grow. It was really nice to see as the book progressed. There were some miscommunication/hiding secrets that were frustrating at times, but for the most part this was actually okay in this one, and the climax + ending didn't annoy me as much as they sometimes do in romances like this. It felt overall more like a huge misunderstanding that wasn't wholly the fault of either party, which made their resolution at the end of book still feel real, rather than hollow and weak.

Overall, while this won't necessarily be a favorite romance of mine, I still did really enjoy this, and can't wait to continue the series!