This book is kind of a weird case for me because objectively it is a really good book however, subjectively, I had an absolutely miserable time with it. 

The problem that I had with this book is that the main character has basically the same name as me (it is spelled slightly differently but it is close enough to not make it any less uncomfortable) and it became even worse that her name was often abbreviated to just “Ef” which is something that I get called at times. I had previously decided against picking-up a book for this reason because I thought it would make me uncomfortable and yep, unfortunately I was very, very correct. It was made worse by the fact that this is a spicy book so during the sexy scenes I felt doubly uncomfortable 🙈

The really annoying thing about all of this is that I thought the story was fantastic and the pacing was great. I really enjoyed the dynamic that existed between the FMC and MMC and the way they worked collaboratively to bring goodness into each others’ lives was so lovely to read. I also loved that canonically this story takes place in the same universe and Sophie Snow’s Touch and Go series, such an unexpected crossover but so fun to read.

So how to rate this book? Do I rate it based on the fact that I had a miserable time reading it or do I rate it based on how I would feel about it if it hadn’t given me the ick, especially because that has nothing to do with the author or her writing?