This was my second read by Rosie Danan and the first one was 1 star. I was hesitant to pick this one up, but I found the premise interesting. I am glad that I didn't skip this one because it was exactly what I was wanting! It was a little slower in the first 30%, but after the first 100 pages the pace picked up a lot.

I am not a fan of the age gap trope but I liked how the relationship and connection was established in the past and then the differences in the future. It is not a spice heavy book but there are a few open door scenes that flowed well with the story and actually had a purpose in the story outside of just the intimacy developing which I thought made the story flow better. 

The banter between the chracters was pretty good and outside of a single Twilight reference that was really cringe, she kept the pop culture references to a pretty comfortable minimum (also there was a fresh prince of bel-air reference that returned the brownie points I took for the twilight line haha). 

I liked that Alex is a main character that has convictions and stands for something. She constantly reminds and tries to stick with her values. Even when she falls short of that, it playedn important role in the plot. It made her world feel really full of having friends, enemies, family, and causes that are important to her. I wish there was a little more balance for the same with Devin, but it didn't feel too far off.