First off, let me say that I adore Sidney. I think the author did an incredible job with not providing too much information. As a cisgendered woman, I know I’m guilty of wanting to know things about someone pre-transition in the back of my mind, and the author didn’t let me do that. Sidney just was, and I’m sure a lot of people really appreciate the way that someone who doesn’t identify as male or female was depicted in this book vs other depictions I’ve seen in the past.

With that said, I think what ended with me feeling unsatisfied with this book was that it was a little too realistic for my liking? Romance tends to have some amount of fantasy to it, but everything in this book was….pretty unremarkable. It was sweet and there were a lot of really funny moments (Declan’s friend group, “the motherfuckers”, are truly a treat) but the book as a whole just fell flat for me.

I definitely don’t regret reading this book, but I also probably won’t continue on with the rest of the series.