I am an absolute sucker for a best friends brother romance and this hit the spot

Emmy is adorable and realistic, Owen is the perfect grump and my only wish is we would get more of them

Thankyou for the ARC, excited to read more by Courtney Walsh

I absolutely devoured this book. Could not put it down.

It's laugh out loud funny, oh so swoony, and gives the most lovely fall vibes. And the pining. Oh, the pining. Second chance/still in love with after many years is not a much loved trope of mine. But this book does it well and it really adds a lot of oomph to the slow burn.

And speaking of slow burn, did I mention the MMC is a fireman?

I absolutely LOVED this book guys!!

Chapter one will leave you wanting more and that’s pretty much how the entire book was for me. Emmy is easily one of my favorite MCs- she’s quirky, fun, awkwardly adorable, and not afraid to be exactly that! She’s a hopeless romantic and this book is full of phenomenal romance novel references. By the end of the book I was having crazy “You’ve Got Mail” feels and I was eating it UP!

What I loved most about this book was how Courtney Walsh wrote and represented both a learning disability and trauma. She wasn’t afraid to tackle two IMPORTANT topics and I think she did it SO well. I’m a sucker for a book that talks about things that matter because quite frankly, there aren’t enough out there!

Such a cozy, fall romance book! LOVE LOVE LOVED it!

Read this if you’re looking for:
Closed Door Romance
Best Friends Brother
Firefighter/Book store owner
Learning disability representation
Trauma representation

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