Talia Hibbert does it again, y'all. I think what I really enjoyed about this particular novel are the characters. This is one of those romance novels that is completely character and romance driven. Ruth is a Black woman with autism living in a town that has deemed her unworthy for a myriad of reasons. Evan is new to said town and doesn't particularly care for the culture of gossip. Throughout this novel, we see Ruth grow as a person to realize her potential and her worth. What I absolutely loved is that Ruth's character growth is not her "overcoming" her autism or changing her entire personality, but rather her growing within herself. Also, Evan meets Ruth where she is at, and he's definitely not a "savior" type character. While we do spend half the book from Evan's perspective, this story is definitely mostly Ruth's, and I don't think that takes away from the balance of the story at all.