Rose Owens is determined to keep her distance from Martin Krause when he visits her high school. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, a hateful administrator intentionally harmed Rose by giving Martin her favourite world history lectures.

Even for a stubborn, guarded icy girl, keeping her distance from a guy as warm and loving as Martin will be difficult. Particularly once she starts to recognize him for the man he really is—a man who has never been taught his own worth. Fortunately, Rose is the best teacher there is, and Martin could use one.

Rose needs to learn her own lessons about vulnerability, trust, and her past. The two of them will discover over the course of one academic year just how hot it can become when an ice queen melts.

It was a terrible novel. If only I could give it 0, but even that doesn't do it justice. I want to change my nickname  right now to something other than "Rose" because it is so awful. I can't believe I have the same name as Rose Owens, who is one of the most unbearable characters I've ever read, if not the most unbearable. And I've read a lot of books. 

First of all, the fact that its previous cover was bad was already cause for concern. I know they say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but in this case, sloppy, messy, annoying, you name it, sums up the novel precisely. 

Second, do thorough study before writing about a poor character. What do you mean they wore designer clothes? Wasn’t Rose supposed to be poor? Clearly the author has white privilege. The issues at hand were "spoiled, bratty, rich, unappreciative, white girl" issues rather than "poor girl" issues.

Thirdly, despite having already ranted about Rose, I'm not yet finished. Although the author made an attempt to make her a feminist, all I perceive is white feminism. So her coworkers' sexual assaults are acceptable? And she doesn’t care due to her "cold, icy heart"? But she preaches about misogyny. It baffles me. I love grumpy characters, but if they're simply outright jerks, I’ll be the first to leave. 

Fourthly, it goes without saying that we won't forget about Martin, who is actually more of my life's antagonist rather than the novel hero (Rose and him are currently fighting for that spot). He attempted to appear so woke, yet he fell short. He made me irritated the entire book. You're telling me that this dude is 40 years old? I've encountered cis men who are fifteen years old who act more mature than him. He gave a lengthy speech about how much he loved Rose, but then abruptly left? Speak of hypocrisy. 

Finally, the writing style was just awful. Directioners from 2012 had a better writing style. The headache it gave me was severe.