Thank you to NetGalley and Swift & Lewis Publishing for providing the ARC.

I am a Sarah Ready stan, I'm not ashamed to admit it. After all of the heartbreaking joy of Josh and Gemma, I was way too eager for her next novel. And lucky for me, it didn't disappoint.

The book centers on unrequited love in all its forms. There are times it is painful, like when Merry pines away for her friend, Leo. This is where Ready's writing really shines. She has a way with words that makes you feel each heartbreaking emotion that her characters go through.

And Noah. Sweet, grumpy, loving Noah, who quietly loved Merry even when she loved Leo. Who put up walls to guard his heart, after everything he'd gone through, and who let Merry painstakingly tear them down when she realized that they were made for each other.

If there was only one thing that I could criticize it was the fact that both Merry and her sister ran headfirst into marriages with men they barely knew. But I also know someone who proprosed to someone after two weeks and they've been married for almost 40 years, so when you know, you know.

An adorable book.