please don’t expect me to speak eloquently about this book for at least a week. this turned me inside out. i think i felt every single human emotion while reading this. it is simultaneously romantic, funny, hopeful, heart wrenching, embarrassing, hot, painful and a million other things. i actually had to get up and walk around my house to cool down after some moments. katie’s writing is GORGEOUS and being in leigh’s brain was an experience i will be impacted by for quite a while. i’m going to force my bff to read this by telling her it’s january/gus vibes and everything we love about jessica joyce books (which is everything). i cannot believe that my first book of the year is probably going to be the thing i compare other romance books to for the rest of 2025. and i need to go preorder this. GOOOODDDDDDDDDDD

oh and thank you so much to netgalley and forever pub for the eARC. i love you. can i have a physical copy please