how do you write a romance book where the love interests have no chemistry with each other? instead i got the vague sense of dislike between them, particularly on chani’s side. she came off as jaded and petty, and most of her writing had that bland metaphorical feeling like those 2010s poems. the third act conflict was literally in the last chapter, and they were tipsy/drunk for two thirds of the book. an easy read, but a disappointing one.