I am such trash for Alexis Hall’s romances. And this one is no exception.
Partially it’s in how he walks the line between the absurdity of the characters and their very real flaws and personalities. Like half the cast is utterly ridiculous, but in a perfectly believable fashion. And it’s also in how he deals with the (admittedly often similar) emotional state of his main characters. He’s actually quite good at writing romance as the catalyst that allows for emotional growth rather than romance as the source of healing, which is part of what I appreciate. To say nothing of yelling at the main characters, which is the best part of any romance, as we all know.