This was a cute read that was both a romance, story about grief and living with chronic illness. The fmc has Crohn's Disease and has to deal with the healthcare and insurance system along with having to put a hold on her dreams because of it. The mmc is the fmc's friend who is a school teacher who is still dealing with the grief of losing his mother. They both agree to become roommates and marry for insurance reasons which leads to the friends with the benefits aspect as mentioned in the title.

This was low steam that focused more on the emotional and character development aspect which I quite liked. I loved the Jewish rep and all the threads that were explored in this book. There are some flashbacks and though I did think the third-act breakup was a bit dramatic I liked this book and would recommend it. Thank you, Celadon for this arc.

Read for:
- Friends to lovers
- Roomated to lovers
- Friends with Benefits
- Jewish mcs
- Crohn's disease rep
- Grief

This book just felt like a non military version of the common military romance trope wherein they get married because he needs something like money and she needs insurance....kind of like that movie Purple Hearts.

4 stars
The third pov threw me off a little and it is similar to 'People We Meet On Vacation,' by Emily Henry