The book was written well enough. In parts the writing was really lovely. I feel like she's a writer better suited for literary work than this.

The characters were all boring to me. Why did he like her immediately? He knew nothing about her. His interference in her life is actually quite inappropriate and more than a little arrogant and misogynistic.

The villains were so one dimensional and Holly's self deprecation was so boring and unbelievable. Every twist could be seen coming a mile away, and none of the "problems" that romance novels have with couples were real ones. They were so obvious.

The book was slow and boring to me. It works up in the middle a little as she holds him accountable for his overbearing and interfering ways but the thing that still niggles me is there's just no explanation for why he likes her so much from the beginning that he gets involved in her life. Later on as he realises she is nothing like the gold diggers he is used to, him falling for her makes sense but from the first moment? Meh.

Jesse and the dog were the best parts. The book is all stuff upper lip and British with very little depth of emotion. I think white British people would love it, it'll remind them of their boring little love stories.

If you like passionless British storytelling, this is the book for you.