Helena Greer will be receiving my therapy bill after reading this. How is it that every single character in this series managed to call me out; I didn't know how traumatized I really was before until I read Carrigan's Christmasland. Anyways, Greer is a masterclass in character work; Tara and Holly are such flawed, realistic, whole characters you want the best for both of them. I'm going to wish the magical Carrigan's setting is real for the rest of my life. 

I love a roadtrip romance because you're stuck in an enclosed space until you get to your destination; you can't escape the person you're with. Throw in fake dating and getting to truly know the person you've been wildly attracted from day one and shiiiiiit I was eating out of the palm of Tara and Holly's romance. I love that they are each so wildly different in their wants at the beginning. I got to see just how much they grew in themselves by the end. I just love them!!! 

Read this if you like fake dating, roadtrips, opposites attract, realistic third act breakups, learning your worth, and the cute barista at your favorite local coffee shop.