okay listen, I really didn’t think I was going to love this one - after only giving PART OF YOUR WORLD 3.5 stars, I was extremely worried that this wasn’t going to live up to the clear hype it’s gotten. well, I was wrong 🤡🤡🤡

briana and jacob’s story was absolutely beautiful 🥹 I’m always a sucker for fake dating, but this was so much more! all of the emotions all the time made me want to scream!!!! 

miscommunication is one of my least favorite tropes of all time, so when the majority of this plot featured it on both sides of the relationship, I was nervous 🥴 and while it did bother me a little, getting the background of both jacob and briana’s mental health struggles allowed for a clear explanation of why they have ✨ trust issues ✨

and what a wonderful representation of mental health struggles!!! between anxiety, depression, and relationship trauma, I’ve never felt more seen in a novel 🥹 and the way that both jacob and briana learned to love and respect each other wholly made me sob!!!

I am but a fragile soul and the ending broke me!!!! 😭❤️ thank goodness I didn’t finish this on the plane because I would’ve been a hot mess 

rating: 5 stars
wine pairing: brut rosé champagne