Not as much of a romance as I’d hoped for. The characters were interesting and the settings were incredible, but some of the writing felt forced. I wish more of the conflicts between family members and the cultural and social issues discussed would have been shown more than mostly told. Colorism, sexism, and more were well explained, but it felt almost preachy and jolted me out of the story. The same was true for other plots for me as well, like Niki and her sister. I wish there were more flashbacks sooner, or at least discussions of specific past events that made Niki lash out the way she did. Instead, those examples felt crammed into the ending with Nikis revelations.