This is the second book in the Common Threads series, but IMO this is a series that there is no need to read them in order or even at all if you are only interested in one. I've only read (and didn't like) one Penny Reid book, so I'm not sure how these are connected to the Pennyverse, but I didn't feel like I was missing anything, so I'm assuming not very much. I was really excited to read this book after reading the synopsis, I was really hoping for some Sweet Home Alabama vibes, and while I did get that, there were a lot of things that fell flat for me. I love the premise and I loved both MC's. I feel like they had great chemistry and was rooting for them from the first page. I feel like there were times that things were really fast paced, but then in others it felt slow. I hated the non communication of these MC, I felt like 95% of their problems could have been solved if they just used their words. I wasn't sure what to expect going into this book as far steam level, but I was assuming it would be open door since the first book in the series was, and I was right. IMO there weren't too many sweet or swoony parts. I did really like the letters though. I'm a sucker for secondary characters, and I hated that I only liked one, maybe two of them. I will say that I was terribly excited that we only had to deal with her ex fiancée's mother in law a few times. She was incredibly racist and made me want to scream. While this book was pretty light, there were some heavy topics handled (miscarriage, and racism to name two).