3.5
Not to be conceited but Daphne and Miles are just a bit of me. There were so many parts of them I could relate, their problems were mine, their fears my own.
And that sustained my enjoyment of the book, even when we got to the dreaded third act break up, which is where I usually lose interest in the romance (romance books should just end when they get together or they should have a problem they need to tackle together and then a happy ending. Break ups are the worst). But here, even when I felt like it was dragging, there was so much else to maintain the story, Daphne’s relationship with her father, and her new friendship with Ashleigh, they all felt complex and had their own conflicts. It just felt like a well rounded story, which is how I like my romances to be: getting to see fully fleshed people with entire lives meet and connect, as opposed to the characters who never seem to have a life outside of bumping into each other and flirting. I think what really got me was the ending. It just felt nostalgic, and dare I say so like a Wattpad ending. Everyone gathered around, the found family assembled and the book title name drop at the end too was so perfect. It was as good as the title drop of ‘I sold myself to the devil for vinyls… pitiful I know’. And that made me tear up idk. This is so far the second best contemporary romance book I’ve read (the other being a book I read when I was 12 and I’m hesitant to re-read it because I’m afraid of not loving it as much) and I am not a big romance book enjoyer so if you are like me give this a try, give Daphne and Miles and their funny antics a try.