This was a bit of a bummer for me. I rate like, most books a three, on average. I have to dislike a book quite a bit in order to rate it a 2 or lower, and I have to REALLY love a book, and even sometimes go back and re-read a book and make sure I loved it before I’ll rate it a five. But this is def on the lower end of a three, for me personally.

I’ve enjoyed pretty much every other Georgia Beers book I’ve read, and I like Abby Craden’s narration, and it’s well written, so I can’t really rate it lower, but this was kind of a slog for me to get through. I got a temporary lower price audible sub, and I’ve been listening to stories that are free/included in the plus catalogue, and this was one of them. There were a lot of things working against this novel, for me personally to connect with. It’s got a lot of animals in it, largely taking place at an animal shelter—I’m a terrible queer woman in that I’m not really a dog or cat person. They’re fine. But they’re not my fav. Largely though, I didn’t like either main character very much and thus, wasn’t really rooting for them to get together. Their flaws were on display on purpose, like they didn’t get away with their shitty behavior, but it just never quite flipped around enough to be growth that I connected with by the end of the book. And that’s def a YMMV kinda thing. I like this author usually, this one just wasn’t really for me. ( )