This was a sweet story featuring main characters who both battle through their respective emotional and traumatic baggage while teaching and working at a summer camp for children who are neurodivergent.

The whole story took place over just a few weeks, which was a much shorter timeline than I am used to reading, and somehow it still managed to feel like a bit of a slow burn despite the short timeframe.

Overall, I would recommend this novel to someone looking for a quick, easy to read and emotionally driven romance.

I really enjoyed this book. As a special education teacher, I appreciated the back story of Haley Tyne, who is the choreographer of a show at a neurodivergent camp for teens. Her character, along with the other main characters, are well developed. Haley has a one time encounter with Cal two years back and then sees her again for the first time two years later at a camp that she is working at so her sister, Maeve, can attend. It is interesting to see how Haley and Cal's relationship unfolds during the four weeks of the summer camp. Maeve also meets someone and the author does a great job at showing how a neurodivergent teen navigates through a first relationship. There is also a fair amount of family drama in the book as Cal has a rocky relationship with her mom. This has affected her ability to have healthy relationships and she explores that in this book. If you like queer romance books without too much spice with an emotional undercurrent, then this book is for you!

This is the kind of story that pulls you in on page 5 and doesn't let you go until you're at the end.

Cal and Haley meet in a bar and there is an attraction some intrigue and a lot of chemistry. Boom 2 years later and these two stumble upon each other at a summercamp for neurodivergent kids.

I love how this author writes about neurodivergent people. It feels so aunthentic and real and not just an extra gag to make the story inclusive for no reason. It's obvious the author knows what she's writing about.

I rooted for the MC's from the beginning. I enjoyed their banter and how they switched it up with honest vulnerability. The chemistry resulted in some steamy scenes that were very well written.

The little shout out to Dirty Dancing was great as a fan of the movie. Pretty sure you even know the scene that gets mentioned even if you're not a fan.

An ARC was provided to me via Netgalley in return of an honest review.

The story was definitely there and well written but I didn’t fully connect with it. I can’t explain it but I just couldn’t fully commit to the journey the characters took and how they got to the end.

I am positive that most will love this book. There is a good book here and others will have no problem loving the characters. Definitely a worthy reading experience.

Thanks to NetGallery and The Publisher for this Arc in exchange for my honest review.

I want to thank NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books, Inc for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was a little boring for my taste to be honest.. didn’t really find the story captivating or interesting:/..

This was yet another sweet story written by JJ. Hale. As usual the addition of neurodivergent characters add another layer to the story. The love story between Haley and Cal really believable and so great to see that Cal finally broke free and allowed herself to be happy and not only worry about her mother and sister. It would have been nice with an epilogue though, since the story played out in just a few weeks time in a summer camp and then extra nice to see that they actually made it out in the real world.