emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

No run-of-the-mill rom-coms need to be 17 hours as an audio book. 
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced

The slow burn was nice. Aurora was a really fun protagonist. 

I felt as though it took forever to end. I wanted more about her mom and less about Kaden. In fact, I started to feel bad for Kaden by the end, which was against the premise of the story.
emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Mariana Zapata QUEENNNN

3.5 rounded down… this book was way too long. Had it ended 300 pages ago, it probably would’ve been 5 stars because I had fun! The slow burn was good! I love Amos and Aurora’s relationship! It was fun to read about someone connecting with their hometown! Rhodes is great! But the drama with the ex was A Lot™️, and there was far too much emotional “telling” instead of “showing” from Aurora (or “Ora”.) Speaking of, I took an entire star point off because I thought it was so bizarre that Rhodes called her BUDDY BECAUSE SHE REMINDED HIM OF BUDDY THE ELF… all of the nicknames in the book were kind of bad but that is truly deranged. Buddy the Elf??? And she thought it was sweet when he told her??? Immediately no.

I ate this up. This slow burn burned all longggg time but I loved it!

Favorite non-spoiler quote: “Did you know the devil is really a woman?”