A review by ssinforshort
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

2.5

This was entertaining and problematic, like a Lifetime movie. There are secrets, romance, fires, secret identities, hospitals, and more. 

Cross-Smith writes well, but I feel like I was tricked into reading a Christian light novel. 

Also, the romance aspect should have been removed from the book. Tallie meets Emmett while he is attempting suicide and doesn't reveal that she is a therapist. Still, she uses therapy techniques in their conversations while also lusting after him. 

Lastly, there were so many art pieces referenced that I felt like I needed an art history course to keep up. I did a lot of googling while reading this. That may be just a me thing, though. 
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