I was really excited for this one -- Emily Henry recommended it wholeheartedly and I love her work so I figured this was a sure win for me.  It wasn't, and that's partially personal preference and partially the book. 

Yinka's Christianity is really central to the plot, which is not at all clear from the description.  I'm pretty uninterested in characters' religious journeys (or religious influences) and that's the personal preference issue at play here.

What is, I think, not personal preference and rather an issue with the writing itself is Yinka's characterization.  She's so incredibly naive, to the point where she's making decisions that I'd expect someone a decade younger than her to make, not a well-educated woman in her early thirties.  I found it difficult to empathize with some of what she does because it was so clearly a poor choice.  It seemed pretty clear to me that everything she was doing was destined to backfire on here and so it was tough for me to root for her. 

Anyways, I think the rom-com comps are probably pretty accurate here, but it's definitely not a romance.  I think it'd be a fun spring break book for someone, though.

CW:

colorism, a lot of body issues, death of a parent (remembered, off-page), unsupportive parents, the horror that is being a straight woman on dating apps