I was pretty disappointed with this one. While I really loved the writing style and found that the story flowed nicely. The characters just weren’t likeable. Aspen was super unreliable. She was constantly contradicting herself, like wanting honesty from her family but then wasn’t being truthful with them. I loved the whole plot line of her and Roman helping out with the Christmas play. But I hated the scenes of them practicing. I think the way that they were letting these 10-year-olds be so disrespectful to them and the other kids was so frustrating. The way they handled the bullying just made me angry, as well as Aspen not liking certain kids because they reminded her of her high school bullies. It just made it super juvenile. I had high hopes as I was very excited with the chapters changing from present to Roman and Aspen’s past. I loved that we got those moments of Aspen and Roman’s childhood and getting their love story. I enjoyed the writing and the flow of the story, though I didn’t enjoy the plot or characters as much as I was hoping. I was just disappointed by Aspen and Roman, and while they were less insufferable at the end, I didn’t really see much character development.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.