Thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark for the copy of this ARC.

Sad romance is my JAM, especially when a grumpy/sunshine trope is involved. However, this one missed the mark for me.

I really disliked the main character. Normally, I relate pretty well to a grumpy female MC, but Jess was just awful and experienced no character development over the course of the book (okay, she did in the epilogue, but….). Characters sidestep her and are afraid of how she’ll react. The main MC was way too sweet and didn’t deserve her. I also didn’t feel their chemistry, so it was hard to cheer for them together.

Some story elements / side character stories felt out of place and unnecessary, taking away from the main focus of the book. Meanwhile, Jess never actually learns to deal with her mom’s or her Huntington’s. She just finds out and then freaks out and makes rash decisions. There was no exploration of this, which I would’ve really appreciated.