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�� 3.5 stars ��

“He treats you well?�� “Mom, he walked into hell and dragged me back out.��

i really enjoyed this book even though i expected it to be a little more like ready or not, when it came to the romance aspect. Despite that, i really liked how the author portrayed the image of grief and the different stages ppl go trough. She did and amazing job of showing how a little help can really help someone build their life back up.

I recently discovered this author and i really love the way she writes and how her stories are so gentle yk? Her characters are the most green flags ever and i love that. It’s refreshing to read about something else than i usually do. Reading something that isn’t so predictable or something that has an possessive mmc and doormat fmc can be nice.

“So you’ll come with me if I ask?�� His eyes pierce me in the shadows of the kitchen. “Lenny, I’ll do anything you ask me to.��

The characters were really lovable as well!! I really liked how gentle the mmc was when it came to the fmc. The things he sometimes said had me melting from how sweet and cute it was. Despite this i didn’t really feel a big romantic relationship between the two, imo they were really well done as friends. The fmc suddenly started feeling romantically connected to the mmc in like the last 25% in the book while the whole story before that they were just friends and didn’t have a single romantic interest in the other. And bc there wasn’t an mmc’s pov i didn’t really feel his feelings (on a romantic level) to the fmc. I didn’t see him actually being romantically attracted to her like that. I know and felt how he loved her but just not in a romantic way.

“Home is where the heart is. My heart died in a cancer ward six months ago.��

But overall i think it was a really cute, emotional and heartfelt read. I definitely recommend you read it at least once in your life!

Tropes:
�� Dealing with loss of a loved one
�� Grumpy x sunshine
�� Strangers to friends to lovers
�� Slowburn
�� Healing journey

And lastly, i want to thank rowan for reading this with me!!🩷

Thank you to the author, netgalley and the publisher for giving me this arc in exchange for a honest review.