I love Charlie. 
Charlie is back as the love interest, and he has grown up. Alice is our FMC, and she is suspicious of Charlie and his flirty ways immediately. This leads to an awkward, fake, enemies to lovers type situation that I was not a fan of. Once Alice admits that she wants to be Charlie's friend and not argue with him about silliness, the story picks up.
I wish there was a stronger female friendship representation in this one. I didn't feel the grandma Nan & Alice connection as much as I would have liked. 
My hope is for a book 3 exploring a friendship between Alice and Percy 🤞🏼