This book was hugely hyped on Bookstagram, but I’ve been burned with hype before (Vox) so I was cautious.

I was right to be cautious. Maybe romance just isn’t for me as a genre, but I have read and enjoyed some romance before. I was expecting some steamy scenes, but this was just one long sexual scene. It never seemed to stop. To me, that’s not romance. I want flirting and back and forth and innuendo and a bit of will they won’t they.

I did have hope that being written by an author of Asian descent and who also identifies as being on the autism spectrum this would be a really intersectional read. I was disappointed. There were some hugely racist comments, male characters were wildly misogynistic and the younger characters were completely ageist.

Notes for audiobook lovers, I did this by audible and the narration is irritating. Every male character has the same intonation of voice, and every older female also sounds the same. The narration needs to be more defined between characters.

Ultimately this is a short fun but flawed read.