2.5-3 stars.

Love Me At My Worst was my first Adrian J. Smith book. I have the first of the series as an audiobook waiting... I hope it's better because the author has multiple books I'm interested in reading. This book did not impress me.

First of all, the timeline of Andry's life does not make sense. She's 40/41, has 17/18 year old daughter, started dating her ex at 19, has doctor level degree, worked under her ex-wife but changed schools so they could date... It just does not add up realistically. Did she start working as a teacher before she was 19 or what? She should have been at least 5 years older but I guess the author didn't want make Isla too old to keep the age gap reasonable. Why did the kid need to be 18 years old to make the story to work?

Secondly, those 'pranks' the main characters executed were both ridiculous and childish. Completely unrealistic as well. I guess I'm both too serious and humourless, and anxious about carefree spending of resources (stuff like balls made of plastic and balloon).