When I saw the promotion for this book I knew I would eventually have to read it because “bad boy golfer” is entirely too ridiculous for my nosy ass to pass up. There’s a lot I could say about this book, and almost none of it is good.

The characters in this book—specifically Wells—are unbearable to read about. Wells is described as a “bad boy,” but in reality, he is a manchild incapable of regulating his emotions. There are quite a few scenes to back this up, but the one that stood out to me is when Josephine is forced to fly to California a day later than Wells. In that single day, he angers their sponsor, calls another golfer a c*nt in front of everyone, and throws a reporter’s equipment into a lake.

I find it very hard to believe that we’re meant to like Wells by the end of this book when his character development is virtually nonexistent. It takes until about 90% of the story for Wells to realize that he is the problem and that the reason people keep leaving him is because he’s absolutely insufferable. Over the course of this 11-hour audiobook, I think he manages to do ONE good thing. When he tells Josephine that she needs to go back home and run the shop, I was genuinely surprised—but I refuse to applaud him for doing the bare minimum.

The argument that ensues during this scene is ridiculous, and I don’t think I’ve ever been more irritated at a FMC than I was with Josephine in that moment. When Wells does his ONE good deed, he’s thinking of her best interests, refusing to be selfish, and encouraging her to pursue her dream. And she gets mad at him for it?

There are a lot of scenes that made me squint in confusion—why would Tessa Bailey write that? I understand that she needed to set up the romance for the second book, but the idea of Tallulah meeting Burgess and him immediately offering for her to live in his house with his 11-year-old daughter—and her AGREEING—is so crazy to me.

I also don’t understand why Wells suddenly finds faith in himself mid-game because Josephine has his name painted on her toes. It literally felt like a weird episode of iCarly, and I physically gagged.

I refuse to believe that Wells and Josephine got married, much less lasted at least eight years and had two kids together. Even though Wells realizes he’s the problem, I don’t think he would’ve actually changed in a way that’s beneficial to their relationship.

At the end of the day this book just isn’t good… I think a lot of people would have benefitted from reading Harry Styles fan-fiction on Wattpad in their teen years.