Tucker has captured my heart again! I became an immediate fan of hers after reading The Simple Wild earlier this year! She has a knack for writing characters that you find an instant connection with- they are just so real.

This story is writing in dual timelines. We have Piper, who is a young VP of her dad's real estate development firm. She is a strong independent woman, trying to prove herself in this male dominated office. She is stopped in her tracks one day when she sees her first love, Kyle, working in her building. As this plot develops, we also go back and forth between her and Kyle's summer together 13 years ago.

I really loved how the story slowly developed between the two time lines- we got to know the characters as who they were and who they are in the present. I really became invested in this relationship!

I cant wait to read more by K..A. Tucker.

This was another beautiful and emotional story!It touched me and I have many feelings while I was reading it!The story is told in alternating time lines one in the present day and and one from the past when Piper and Kyle were camp counselors.


I loved their relationship in the past and present!What I love in K.A. Tucker's stories is that always has the ability to bring life in her characters and I always feel like I'm a part of their story!This one is the same!I could feel the emotions and the intensity between Piper and Kyle!

"You'll make friends for life here. People you can call up twenty years from now, for anything, and they'll be there for you. I promise you, you won't forget these days, ever."

If you're looking for an emotional summer read with an intense romance this is perfect!

(DNF - stopped reading at 14%)

I was really excited to receive an e-arc of Say You Still Love Me - I had heard such good things about K.A. Tucker, and the Simple Wild was burning a hole in my TBR. (I've since read The Simple Wild, and Tucker made me feel so much!) I'm sorry to say this one just isn't for me.

The first chapter really turned me off Piper for good. I work in a business setting too, and I couldn't believe her behavior. Yet she expected them to respect her authority! Her interpersonal techniques just weren't something I've ever seen successfully used in a workplace. It's clear to everyone she's in the senior vice president role to gain experience while she waits to someday take over the company from her father. Of course, that happens. But she didn't seem like a seasoned pro rising to the challenge of a big promotion; rather, she seemed like a 20-something fresh out of an MBA program still trying to figure out how to work well with others. Going so far as to ask the president to fire someone valuable to the company due to your personal relationship with them? You might not be ready for a senior management position.

I also didn't appreciate how invasive Piper acted with Gus, the security guard. First, she assumes he's "shown no interest" in retiring - never mind that she knows nothing about his financial situation and whether retirement would be practically feasible for him. (I'm willing to bet he's not loaded like her family.) Then she actually touches him to brush powdered sugar off his shirt which I found so invasive. Third, she gives him a hard time about his diet, which isn't her business. (It apparently occurs to her that he might be eating unhealthily to slowly kill himself - to join his wife in the grave - but not that he perhaps could use some mental health treatment if he is indeed depressed and using food as a coping mechanism.)

From here, the story flashes back to Piper's teen years. She felt like your typical rich girl: getting to be a counselor at a summer camp with friendly people and all sorts of activities, and complaining away instead of being nervously hopeful for a fun time. Her father even promised her a car in his preferred make in exchange for her taking this summer job - and naturally she's already planning on getting the most expensive model.

So, fine. She doesn't quite know the ropes of working in the business world yet, she could learn how to better interact with employees, and she's grown up in a world of wealth. Surely there's something redeemable here - maybe she's a great friend? No. For example, she complains that her friend always takes her ex-boyfriend back because the friend lacks confidence. Seriously? You're her close friend. How does it not concern you that your friend's confidence is that low? How do you not feel like you could play a positive part in her life by helping to raise her self-confidence - how is that not a thing you don't try to do without even thinking? How do you just write off that your close friend will continue to make the same mistake (in your eyes) because she's somehow seriously flawed? I just... wow. I wouldn't want to work with Piper, I wouldn't want to go to camp with her, and I wouldn't want to be her friend.

And one more minor complaint, because I couldn't not notice this:
It grated on me that so many people in just a few chapters were identified as blond. Mark, David, Vicki, her mother, Christa, Jenny, Eric, Darian - all blond! Granted, her mother is platinum blonde; Eric, dark blond. Still - I don't think I've ever seen hair color identified so many times inside a couple chapters, and the same hair color over and over again, at that.

I hate writing reviews like this - I was so ready to love Say You Still Love Me. I think that readers who haven't worked in a business setting will be able to more easily breeze through the first chapter. I also think the flashbacks to summer camp are super fun - how many of us adults wouldn't jump at the chance to relive some of our teen summer camp days? Being able to capture the freedom and excitement of that time requires a talented writer, and I'm sure K.A. Tucker continued to be up to the challenge for the rest of this novel. I just couldn't keep reading about this main character.

(Please note that a DNF for me is always a DNF for now - I reserve the right to return to a book at a later date if I can't stop thinking about the characters and/or want to see what happens. If I do so, I will update this review.)

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria for a free e-arc of this title for review.

Say You Still Love Me is my first book by K.A Tucker. What a romance story that will pull on your heart strings!

This is about a second chance romance that pulls from two characters that are worlds apart. Piper comes from a world of privilege, money, and high end class. Kyle was born into a world of chaos, crime, and poverty trying to make ends meet.

Piper and Kyle end up at the same summer camp as teenagers and fall in love. The summer is cut short and Kyle breaks Piper's heart completely.

13 years later Piper is leaving her office for the day and she sees her long lost love Kyle. The story alternates between past and present between the two. Tucker does an amazing job showing us rather then telling us the beautiful romance behind Kyle and Piper.

It's sexy, romantic, and sweet! I really enjoyed this one and am glad that I was finally able to read a book by Tucker!!

4 stars!

Thank you to Netgalley and Atria for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Publication date: 8/6/19
Published to GR: 8/5/19

Say You Still Love ME by K.A. Tucker is the first book that I have read by her but it won't be my last. Jumping from the present to the past and seeing how the story unfolds was a perfect for this book. It's a classic tale of girl meets boy, they fall in love during the summer, and end up not seeing each other until years later. They meet again when Piper discovers Kyle is working in her building as a new security guard. Do they still have feelings for each other? Can they make it work again? Can she trust him with her heart? Will they get a second chance to explore their love? This was such a fun summer read! I recommend grabbing this one on Tuesday August 6th!

Say You Still Love Me is a second chance romance you won't forget. Be prepared for the extra slow burn and lots of time reflecting on summer camp, but Piper and Tucker's story is worth the wait.

I just loved Say You Still Love Me! KA Tucker is one of my favorite authors and her latest novel did NOT disappoint. I am such a fan of the second-chance romance, and I always enjoy a childhood love story. This one was SO sweet, gave me all the warm & fuzzies, and honestly, I would’ve loved 100 more pages of this story! The summer camp setting makes this one the perfect summer read. I thoroughly enjoyed this one & truly didn’t want it to be end. I would definitely recommend to romance fans.

I'm a big K.A. Tucker fan so reading this book was very enjoyable. It did not however win me over completely.

I loved all of the "past" chapters. The scenes and scenarios were written perfectly; it was like living out your own summer camp/first love experience. The pacing was great, and made the change between past and present fluid and enjoyable. The past/present narrative even made the storyline a touch suspenseful. Turning the pages was never a chore.

I wanted some more from the present though. There did not seem to be much depth to Piper and Kyle's relationship. Not enough getting to know you (again) situations. I wanted the romance amped up. The ending was rushed and flat. The number of supporting characters became cumbersome at times.

4 Stars
I'm a big fan of Author K.A. Tucker. She writes beautiful and heartfelt stories that brings characters to real life and keeps you addicted to the pages of the story. And Say You Still Love Me is another fantastic read from this author.

Piper Calloway is the girl from the "right side of the track" - she's from a wealthy family, who never has to worry about what bill to pay next, or how much she should save, or where her next meal is coming from. When she was sixteen, her mom makes her get a summer job as a camp counselor - saying it will be the best summer of her life. At first, the thought is appalling to her, but it ends up changing her life forever.

Kyle Miller, is from the "wrong side of the tracks" - he works every summer at the camp and that's when he meets Piper Calloway. They spent time the summer falling for each other and when an event happens - their relationship ends, until thirteen years later.

Jump to thirteen years later, Kyle and Piper meet again and they are both grown, but their summer love back when they were teens is still there. But can they make it work after hearts were broken?

What I loved about the book is the back and forth from their past to present. It seamlessly takes you back to share their story when they were 16/17 years old at summer camp and back to present day. There were a few surprising twists towards the end, that I did not see coming! Again, another fabulous read by Ms. Tucker!

I read this because I loved The Simple Wild. It was a fun, nostalgic story that could be read in one setting. However I did not like how disabilities were treated here. Ashley and Eric clearly still liked each other even in the current but as soon as Eric is shown as disabled we've stopped the romance talk. Interabled relationships are possible (see a famous one on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdomP1JqhnyBQGaBmfDl4KQ or Stephen Hawking). Given how few disabled people are shown in books, when you do see them don't portray them with the most negative stereotypes about them like they can't possibly be in a relationship. All the romance talk stopped as soon as we know Eric is disabled. So i'm really conflicted on this book. I thought it was such a fun lovely story up to the end but in the end I don't like how this reinforces the stereotypes about disabled people so I'm afraid I can't recommend it.

Thank you @atriabooks @netgalley for the advanced copy of Say You Still Love Me!
This one is on sale August 6, 2019!

I finished this one Friday evening, it’s a story about a first love and second chance romance that is sure to make fans of Christina Lauren, RS Grey and Sally Thorne happy. I enjoyed this book, it kept me entertained - but I don’t think it’s my favorite of KA Tucker’s.

There are a lot of things going on in this book, and to me it felt like a lot of issues were glossed over. For some reason I must have been in a pickier reading mood and really wanted a little more depth to both Piper and Kyle’s story. The nostalgic element of sleep away camp is fun though, and I enjoyed the supporting cast. It’s a story about first love, second chances and friendship. Readers of this genre should enjoy it.
PS it’s a romance and there is on page intimacy 🔥🔥🔥.
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Guys, I do think though that my feelings about this book are a case of it’s me, not the book. I know a lot of people have and will really enjoy this one. I did too, but I can’t say it’s a favorite. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wow, where to begin with this one. It was sooo good! It just proves why Tucker is one of my go to contemporary romance writers. Her writing just pulls me in and doesn’t let go.

This is a tale of girl from a prominent family meets a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, falls in love hard only to lose that love for 13 years. Sounds good right? Well, it certainly was. The chapters switch between Now and Then. Leading us back in time to her time during Summer Camp as a counselor and meeting Kyle. I love this! We got to see Piper and Kyle’s time together during the summer at camp. Their interactions are just how I would imagine it would be. Awe first loves… You fall hard and fast, and that it just what these two did too. It was intense but sweet. However it didn’t on such great terms. Now 13 years later, they find themselves back in each others lives.

Piper Calloway is one those characters that I just wanted to root for from the beginning. She works at her families company and is constantly is trying to prove herself that she can make it in a business world where men are the top dogs. And boy do they give her a run for her money too. There were two particularly that I would love to have been able to smack up the side the head. But Piper was making her way through it all. Her stability and strength made me like her so much!

Kyle Miller might have been from the other side of the tracks, but he seemed to have been able to get his life together after summer camp and from it sounded like it, it wasn’t easy. He is working security and seemed to be doing well. Now working at the same building as Piper, they were bound to run into one another, and that was his plan anyway.

At first these two seemed distant, I mean Kyle acted like he didn’t even remember her. Ugh. A lot had happened in those years since camp, secrets seem to have a way of coming back into play. It definitely made it a little more difficult than Piper and Kyle just falling back into each others arms but it was clear that the chemistry and love was still there. It was amazing to follow these two on their way back to each other. A perfect story of second chances.

Say You Still Love Me is a great light an summery read. It was a wonderful blend of first loves and second chances and I enjoyed every bit of it!

K.A. Tucker has this amazing ability to bring all her characters to life. Until they feel like real people that you would know and love and want to be friends with. Characters that you feel for on a real emotional level. People you can relate to and most of all, want the very best for.

Her latest release Say You Still Love Me, is just as spectacular, emotional and moving as all her previous novels. With characters that you instantly like, love and most of all, connect with.

I devoured this and was rooting for Piper and Kyle the whole time. Caught up in the then and the now and loving every heart wrenching, heart warming second of it.

I ate it up and even though I never wanted it to end, I was completely satisfied with the very real feeling ending. It wasn't all rainbows and sunshine for these two and so their story needed to end realistically and I am happy to say that while it was a happy ending, it was also a very believable one and I love that most about her stories. Things aren't always perfect and you can see that all her couples are going to have to work hard to make things work but you also know that they will and I truly do adore that about her stories.

This was another outstanding read that I can't recommend enough for both fans and new readers alike.

Let me start by saying I am a sucker for a good story about love and second chances. K.A Tucker’s Say You Still Love was all that and so much more! It’s a story that takes span over 13 years bouncing back to the camp where it all began and the office building where it could start again.

The two protagonists Piper and Kyle grew up very differently but they’ll always have that summer at Camp Wawa in common. Situations separated them but 13 years later is their hope for a second chance? You know I was rooting for it!! Piper and Kyle are very different characters but Tucker bonds them together perfectly. I was rooting for them from the moment of their reunion even if Kyle pretended not to know her (rude Kyle).

They’re very likeable characters and truly you just want what’s best for them. I read this book very quickly because it was that good and I was that invested in these characters. I wanted to know why they broke up when everything seemed to be so perfect. Kyles wrong side of the track bad boy paired with Pipers rich girl with her job was a typical love story pairing but the author was able to give them more dimension as the story progressed.

This is my first book from Tucker but definitely won’t be my last! The book brought all the feels of young love and that innocence of it (though some of those love scenes were quite steamy for summer camp). I also loved watched Piper evolve from an awkward girl at camp to a strong powerful woman running a huge company!

Say You Still Love Me comes out tomorrow 8/6 so if you haven’t already added it to your tbr you need too! Thank to @atriabooks and @netgalley for the advanced read #partner

I’m always a sucker for a good second chance romance, so when I heard K.A. Tucker’s Say You Still Love Me featured one, I knew I had to read it. And it was everything I love in a second chance romance too. It has two incredibly likeable main characters that I loved, both individually and as a couple, a dual timeline that give us glimpses both of when they first met and fell in love and when they reunited years later, and, finally, a bit of mystery as we gradually learn what happened to end their relationship all those years ago.

Kyle and Piper were both such great characters, equally likeable as adults and as teenagers. I especially enjoyed following Piper, who as an adult, is now a successful businesswoman preparing to take her place as the head of her father’s company as soon as he retires. It’s fun to watch her transform from those awkward teenage years to a competent and confident corporate VP, doing whatever it takes to earn the respect of her father’s longtime employees. I also had a major soft spot for Kyle, whose family clearly comes from the wrong side of the tracks. He’s practically the only member of his family who hasn’t been in jail, and his family’s illustrious history dogs him everywhere he goes.

The use of a dual timeline was one of my favorite parts of Say You Still Love Me. In addition to watching Kyle and Piper interact as adults in the corporate world, I was a huge fan of the flashbacks to summer camp where Kyle and Piper first met as teen counselors. I loved the nostalgic and almost magical vibe that the summer camp atmosphere always seems to provide, as well as the fact that Piper and Kyle were just so sweet together. Even though they come from opposite sides of the tracks, all of their differences just melt away at camp and they’re just a boy and a girl falling in love for the first time.

The biggest draw for me, however, was the wanting to know what exactly happened to break them up after that summer since they had seemed so perfect for each other. The answer to that question is a slow burning one that gradually reveals itself as we move through the story, and it really made what was already a great story even more compelling since Piper hints repeatedly that Kyle broke her heart.

There’s so much more I could say about Say You Still Love Me, but I’m just going to leave it at – if you enjoy second chance romances, the romance between Kyle and Piper is one you’re going to love!

Say You Still Love Me by K.A. Tucker is a second chance romance between two people from very different worlds. In their teens, Kyle and Piper both attend summer camp as counselors and quickly fall into an intense romantic relationship. When Piper's father finds out that his daughter is dating the child of a criminal from the wrong side of the tracks he demands that Piper end the relationship immediately. When she fails to follow his orders and finds herself getting into compromising situations that land her in a load of trouble, the summer comes to an abrupt end and Piper doesn't hear from Kyle again. That is until he reappears thirteen years later as a security guard for the building her family owns and in which she is the VP of the company. Yet, when Piper approaches Kyle he seems to have forgotten her name... and their romance entirely.

I really wanted to love this book. I had heard many good things about this author's previous novel, The Simple Wild, and was expecting her most recent novel to be similarly good. And it was, but nothing more. The story alternates between the past when Kyle and Piper were teens at summer camp and current times when they are reconnecting after thirteen years. The current timeline was very dull. Chock full with the day to day luxurious life of Piper and her job as VP of a huge real estate company. At first I thought this was just a slow burn type of romance and I was totally down with that. Well, it was a slow burn all right. So slow the flame nearly snuffed itself right out. At the 40% mark of the book there was still nothing happening between Piper and Kyle. Instead we were learning about her job and family dynamics. The flashbacks were the only element carrying this story along and I found I enjoyed those chapters infinitely more even though it had turned this adult romance into more of a YA romance. The scenes between the two MC's at camp were steamy and pretty graphic, while the adult portion was the polar opposite. Even after Piper and Kyle's adult story finally starts moving along the steamier parts are pretty much grazed right over. This isn't a huge deal to me but I was a bit surprised since the scenes involving them as teens were so detailed.

There were definitely elements of this story that I liked quite a bit. Piper is snarky and smart and I really liked her character. I liked seeing how she handled being a woman in a position of power in a male dominated world. She's down to earth without being unrealistically so and I really enjoyed that, too. I liked that Kyle was a bit different than your average teen love interest with his lip piercing, faux hawk, and tattoos. The chemistry between the two of them was palpable. I just wish there had been more of that chemistry in their adult relationship. Several times I found myself laughing out loud. The characters were definitely witty and interesting. Unfortunately, I felt like I was waiting for the entirety of the book for something to happen and when it did it kind of fell flat. I enjoyed my time with this novel but it was nothing to write home about.

There was very little diversity, a gay couple was mentioned once or twice and the story features a disabled MC, but that's really it. There are themes of divorce, absent parents, cheating, underage drinking, loss of virginity, and some derogatory comments towards women and the people who work for the wealthy. Nothing I would consider majorly triggering.

Say You Still Love Me is a love story about two people from different sides of the tracks.  The two fall in love at summer camp at age 17 and are then separated for 13 years.  The author builds out the background on the separation by alternating chapters between past and present. Although I am not a fan of this particular writing construct, I found that the author was able to use if effectively to build suspense without the usual frustration of switching between time periods.  The authors best writing comes through in the chapters  detailing the main characters' adventures at summer camp.  Tucker's writing here hit enough nerves of familiarity that I’m sure she will have  most readers fondly revisiting their late teens.

Although character development is somewhat weak, the two main characters are likable enough in both time periods that I was rooting for them to get back together throughout. This hope holds the book together despite what felt to me like an endless parade of implausible circumstances used to create both the cause as well as the resolution of the couple’s separation.  Despite this, I admit the book writing was good enough that I stuck with it to the end.  It is an easy read with enough “feel good” moments to keep romance fans engaged.

2.5 stars

Say You Still Love Me is a nostalgic trip down memory lane with your first love. At first I was skeptical with the plot and the over-use of descriptions like “heels clicking”, but I kept reading and ended up loving the book! I thought the alternating past/present chapters were unnecessary but as I got further into the story I didn’t mind them as much. Overall it was a fun, light-hearted read and I will definitely be recommending to my fellow romance fans.

How many of us would jump at a second chance with a lost love, or wish we had that opportunity at some point in our lives? What would we be willing to risk to see that second chance through?

Piper Calloway is being groomed to take over her father's multibillion-dollar real estate development firm, if he's ever willing to retire. She definitely knows her stuff and can go toe-to-toe with any man in the business, but many believe she's only risen through the ranks of the company because she's the boss's daughter. Since she's beautiful and 29, and a woman, many aren't willing to take her seriously—at their own peril.

As if battling for respect from one of her father's right-hand men isn't hard enough to deal with on a daily basis, she also needs to work closely with David, her ex-fiancé, who is a fellow VP at the firm. He's handsome and intelligent—and he knows it—but Piper's father still hasn't gotten over their ending their engagement, since David is both surrogate son and sidekick. David is just biding his time until Piper realizes the error of her ways.

One day, in the midst of all her daily chaos, she sees a face she hasn't seen since the summer she was 16 years old. Kyle Miller, the handsome, cocky boy who stole her heart when they were summer camp counselors 13 years ago—and then broke her heart when the summer ended and they went their separate ways—has grown into an immensely handsome man. She's never been able to find him on social media, never heard from him again—what is he doing in her building?

"Because, even after all these years, with college and boyfriends, and my career and my engagement to David, Kyle Miller has always been a sliver in my heart, a shadow in my thoughts. A lingering 'what if' that I have never been able to truly shake."

It turns out Kyle is now a security guard in her building, and at first, he didn't seem to even know her name. But when he admits that was an act, he also admits he'd like to keep their relationship formal. Too many years have passed, she's nearly the CEO of the company that owns the building in which he works, and he's just a security guard. Once again, they're on either side of the financial divide, and Kyle would like to keep it that way.

Piper can't seem to shake the feelings that Kyle has reignited. Was this just a summer relationship between two high school kids, not destined to go anywhere, or did it have the potential to be so much more? Why did Kyle cut her off completely, change his name, and disappear, leaving her wondering whether the feelings he told her he had were genuine or just a way to get what he wanted that summer? Can a relationship succeed between two people who are so different that forces will try to keep them apart?

K.A. Tucker's new book, Say You Still Love Me, explores the idea of a second chance years later, when so much has changed, but the people are still the same at their core. Can a teenage relationship from summer camp blossom into something serious, all these years later? Can a relationship in which the participants are so far apart financially ever work? Are there secrets which can keep them apart even now?

The narration shifts between when Piper and Kyle first meet at camp 13 years ago and present day. It also shifts between Piper's attempts to understand Kyle's disappearance and his distance since then and her struggles to succeed outside her father's shadow. It's an exploration of friendship, first love, family, and the secrets that threaten to destroy it all, or which incite us to want to throw it all away.

I read Tucker's last book, The Simple Wild, earlier this year and fell completely in love with it. I was really excited to get the opportunity to read Say You Still Love Me before it was published. I really enjoy the way Tucker writes, and her combination of emotion, humor, and sex is really appealing.

I definitely enjoyed this book, and loved the concept (especially having gone to summer camp for 10 seasons and seen many couples from that time married now), but I honestly could have done without the narration from camp. I felt that part of the story dragged and took far too long to tell. I understood Tucker was setting the scene but it seemed to just be the same things over and over again.

More and more, I'm becoming a fan of rom-coms, and Tucker is definitely an author I'll turn to again and again. Say You Still Love Me was an enjoyable, emotional read that brought a tear to my eye.

NetGalley and Atria Books provided me a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks for making it available!

This book publishes August 6, 2019.

Forced to attend summer camp when she is sixteen, the last thing Piper expects is to love it, much less a boy. But love she does, both Camp Wawa and Kyle, a guy who is the opposite of her in every way.

Thirteen years later, Piper sees Kyle again. Now, instead of wearing the camp uniform, he’s in a security uniform and working the entrance of the building where she works–a building her father’s business, which Piper is expected to take over, owns.

K A Tucker has a couple of romances going on here: opposites attract and second-chance. You see the first one during the flashback parts of the book, when Piper recalls those weeks at Camp Wawa. When she talks about going to college, Kyle talks about getting some sort of hourly job so he can survive. She complains (granted, inwardly) about her father buying her a Volvo while he drives a car with parts of it held together with duct tape.

The second chance aspect comes when Piper sees him again, and all those feelings dart at her like shards of glass from a broken window. Kyle broke her heart, but of course, it’s never that simple in a K A Tucker book.

I enjoyed getting to know Piper and Kyle. I liked the corporate dynamic where Piper exists, watching her truly earn the role of heir apparent. I enjoyed watching her interact with her estranged parents (although one mystery involving her family is fairly easily solved). I enjoyed watching her reconnect with Kyle as a woman, rather than a love-struck teenager. I enjoyed the adult Piper and the adult Kyle finding common ground and rediscovering each other.

The camp flashbacks kind of throw off the story’s rhythm, though. Some of them help develop the plot, but most of them get in the way. It’s almost as if there are two books going on here: a young adult opposites-attract first romance and an adult opposites-attract second-chance romance. I preferred the latter.

Even with the occasional weaknesses, Say You Still Love Me resonates. People are people, and we can’t let our differences separate us. We need to trust, to believe, and to be open.

Let me know what you think of this one. Hit up the comments, and tell me, please.