I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

This has been on my TBR pile for so long, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I really enjoyed the storyline and seeing the characters change throughout the story was a great character development. The plot was great and kept my attention. I'm glad I got the chance to read this and will be on the lookout for more in the future!

25% in, calling it. I know, my bad, I picked up a book titled after the one romance characteristic I hate and, big surprise, I hated it. This is surface level romance that feels like the author tried to tick off every box that other romances had. Alpha-ish male who is a total tool, but somehow everyone just loves him. Mousy, uninteresting, not cute girl catches his attention. Said girl has a world of drama in her past that she won't face, but she'll judge you for yours. Set at a college, which was actually fun for the first 10% and then it gets swept to the side.
This isn't insta-love, this is lust, unnecessary hatred, and a whole lot of drama that I just might be too old to have in my books.