It has been so long since I've read a romance that made my heart swell as this one did. There were points when I felt unable to breathe because of how much I loved this.
Describing perfection is nearly impossible but I'm going to try.
I loved Izzy. She was so unabashedly herself. Reading female characters like her gives me hope for the romance genre. She was strong, successful, determined and yet she had a vulnerability and confusion to her that just made you love her. At times it felt like I was reading my own thoughts. She was so superbly relatable. Sam was perfection. The carnage of his life and his terrible way of handling it all rounded out his character superbly and just made you sympathise with him but also want to hit him over the head with a hardback. I loved the children - they were depicted so well and they were all so individual. Emma was a pure joy to read and I loved getting to know her story (I wish it was a book itself ;) )
I laughed so much at this book. The humour was exactly my kind of thing; a weird balance between dad jokes and uncomfortable situations. I obviously adored the writing style. I was so happy to get both Sam and Izzy's POV's. Don't even get me started on the plot!! It was the best combination of insta love and a slow burn romance I've ever read. I loved seeing them grow and change over the years and how they were always just missing each other.
Overall, if you couldn't tell already - I adored this. I cannot recommend this enough. It made my day. Just a perfect heart-warming romance that made me very very very jealous!