I know a lot of people complain about these novellas and how they just are too "instalove" and need more pages to flesh out a full story, but... that's literally the point? Otherwise, it would be a novel with 300+ pages but it's not. It's a novella for a reason and those reading it should have that understanding going into it.

With that being said, I thought it was great! The miscommunication trope is not one of my faves, and so much could be solved if people would JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER. But you know, it's par for the course... it's a trope for a reason and is used as such. Anyways, I loved Erik (I mean, Ali Hazelwood literally describes him as Thor, so...) and Sadie was... well, a lot. But I appreciate her. She's quirky and flighty and acts as such. I loved that they bonded over enginering and soccer. It was just so CUTE.

The best part, to me, was how much of a mess Ali Hazelwood wrote their sex scene to be. Like, the starting and stopping, the being unsure of things, the awkwardness, the crazy desire that turns into a huge heaping mess... I appreciate that she always makes her sex scene SO REAL because we all know it is awkward and so messy in real life and a lot of authors try to act like it's not and that everything goes perfectly right that first time you have sex with someone but we all know IT ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT.