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The Key to You and Me by Jaye Robin Brown
4.0
hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

3.75-3.95★
I fairly enjoyed it, although it didn't quite live up to my expectations (
I expected the romance to resolve a bit earlier in the book, not in the last few sentences. It was a slow-slow burn, if you will
). I don't typically read romances but it was a nice genre cleanse for me. 

I don't have a lot of critisism to this book, although one thing startled me in the begining but then i got used to it - the text messages between characters are just like the rest of the text of the naration, only in bold font (no quotation marks, no first letter of the character's name), which makes it quite confusing who said what. 

I really liked the fact that a-spec identities are mentioned (like, asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic), not just straight or gay/lesbian. The main character considers the possibility that she might identify with those identities. 

And of course horses! This is one of the reasons I decided to pick up this book. I used to be obsessed with horses when I was a kid and basically Piper getting to ride horses and getting one of her own was my dream as a child.

Overall, I enjoyed the story!