Thanks to William Morrow and NetGalley for this eARC!

A new Rainbow Rowell book is a banner occasion - I should have waited, I should have taken more time to savor this one, because I know it will be a while until I have another book from Rainbow. But I'm not perfect, and so I gulped this down in 24 hours, neglecting some things I needed to do in favor of spending time in Omaha with Shiloh and Cary, two of Rainbow's most perfect imperfect characters.

They were best friends in high school, and reunite years later at their third musketeer (Mikey's) wedding. As adults, their lives are complicated - Shiloh is divorced with kids and Cary is in the Navy, with some extended family issues of his own. Even after all those years and all that baggage, though, Cary and Shiloh are drawn together. Like all of Rainbow's books, this was EMOTIONAL. The story is told out of order and from both main characters' perspectives, but Rainbow uses short chapters and her time jumps to give us the character beats we need when we need them. I laughed, I cried, I thought about my own choices. Her characters are so real and flawed, but that is just what makes them beautiful. Obviously, Rainbow is a genius and I loved this so much. Now, to wait for the next book, which, because I'll still be me, I'll tear through it too - why wait for something as good as this?