I absolutely loved this book and it’s one of my new favourite books! I loved the will they won’t they and I’m glad it had a happy ending. One reviewer didn’t like the “still gay, mom. i suppose the correct term would be lesbian, but gay kind of sits better with me.” quote but I actually resonate with this and I appreciate the representation!
I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Emma and her mom have a rocky relationship (due to her mom’s heterosexism and self-absorption), and Emma lives with her dad most of the year. She has a court-ordered summer visitation with her mom, but things do not go as planned. Her mom unexpectedly drops her off at summer camp within a few hours of her arrival, knowing full well that an incident at this camp caused trauma for Emma several years prior. Since Emma doesn’t want to stay, she tries immediately to get kicked out of camp, but her efforts are futile.

What I liked:

1. Emma is secure in her sexual orientation and has been out for five years.
2. Emma has a dad who accepts her as she is and has gotten her help for her depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
3. The adults at camp do not give up on Emma.
4. The camp director looks for reasons behind behaviors.

What I didn’t like:

1. I felt as though I didn’t know any character well, and some were one-dimensional.
2. Some of the things they said and did seemed to stretch credulity. For instance, Emma’s dad knows she will be staying with a self-absorbed, heterosexist mom, and doesn’t check up on her at all. He doesn’t know she’s at camp until she calls him over a month later. If he is as loving as he’s been portrayed, this behavior is inconsistent.
3. Given the power differential, Emma’s relationship with her eventual girlfriend is discomforting, even though their age is just a few years apart. The ways in which her girlfriend’s family seem so set on pushing the relationship to happen also is discomforting.
4. The writing and plot seem disjointed, something that other reviewers have noted.

I think that this is a book that some teens will enjoy, especially those who love summer camp stories.

The summer before Emma Lane's eighteenth birthday is the last summer she will have to return to York Beach, Maine for the court ordered two months of visitation with her mother.  Since Emma came out as gay at the age of twelve, her mother has been unaccepting of her sexuality, distant and divorced her father.  Now, Emma returns to York Beach only to be dumped at Camp Maplewood where she suffered a traumatic episode several years before throwing Emma into a depression complete with PTSD while her mother jet sets around the world with her new husband.  Emma immediately sets out to get herself thrown out of camp by breaking into the shed holding the camper's phones only to be thwarted at every attempt by counselor Vivian Black. As Emma deals with her worst fears at camp, she makes a friend in chipper, outgoing Gwen Black and a passion for cooking with Julie Black, the camp cook. Each time Emma even thinks about doing something to get herself kicked out, Vivian seems to be a step ahead, helping Emma through her fears and getting to know her well, maybe even more.

Night Owls and Summer Skies is a perfect summer romance.  I loved that Emma's character was already secure in her sexuality and that finding her sexuality was not the main point of the book, this was simply a romance.  Emma's character also had deeper issues such as her depression and PTSD which still affect her, but don't define her.  The writing brought me into Emma's head and at times I felt like I was having a panic attack along with her.  Emma's growth at camp was amazing to read through.  From dealing with bullies, making friends, finding a hobby she enjoys and learning how to trust again along with slowly recovering from her trauma from years before.  Emma and Vivian's relationship felt natural and unhurried as they simply fell into one another.  I did find it a little weird that they were counselor and camper, although they were only one year apart in age.  I do wish there was some growth for Emma's mother along with some of the other campers; however, it is Emma's story.  Overall, a fun summer romance.

This book was received for free in return for an honest review.

DNF at 60%, I really tried to get into this. The premise is awesome, FF romance at summer camp um yes please! But I just found the writing really hard to connect with. I also found the character actions didn't make a lot of sense. Starting right from the beginning with the main character's mother insisting that her daughter come stay with her for the summer and then taking off on a honeymoon and sending her daughter (with severe anxiety and depression and a phobia of camp) to summer camp. But nothing any of the characters did made any sense.

4.0

Emma Lane is stuck.
Stuck spending the summer with her ego-centric mother who is clearly in denial of Emma's sexuality.
Stuck friendless with the exception of Jesse, a childhood pseudo friend from camp and pen pal.
Stuck with PTSD from an experience from camp years ago, leaving her with depression.

That is until her mother drops her off at aforementioned Camp Mapplewood and everything changes.

The Good:
You will fall in love with the Black family, that I can promise. Every member of this family is weaved into the story, saturated in the operation of this camp. I found each more enjoyable then the last as they wove their way into Emma's life. Talk about a meet cute, this may be the best I've read. Vivian Black is iconic. She was crafted so perfectly by Sullivan that I wonder if she really is out there- waiting with a sarcastic, yet charming, comment.

This book isn't plagued by some of the other 'summer read' generalizations, there isn't an instant romance (think more slow burn) or a rushed, overly intimate scene. For as believable as the romance was the friendship between Emma and Gwen Black was even more so. Gwen is a great character (major Alice Cullen Vibes) who I could see dancing around camp free-spirited and nature loving.

This book is about healing, overcoming your worst fears and doing it while keeping your own personality. I appreciated how Emma's sense of sarcasm didn't waver- even as she overcame her fear of the woods. Just because you champion a change in self doesn't mean you're a different person.

The Bad:
The writing became confusing at certain points, a better flow would of garnered a 5.0 from me. Some word choices seemed overdone to avoid seeming simplistic. I would of liked to explore Vivian's college life in the last couple of chapters rather then Emma's as we spent so much time with her we knew enough.

The Eh:
Jessie. Jessie in total. I feel like the same effect could of been achieved had Emma just had a journal that Lauren stole or if Jessie was a better fleshed out character.

Recommendation:
A must to add to your summer shelf!

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me the book for an honest review. (Contains spoilers but not quite at the same time)

If you have never read books from Watpad then you may find the structure unpolished compared to other books. The layout can be very off putting and spoil the flow of the book.

I really wanted to like this book from the description to the beautiful art work of the front cover but unfortunately there was just to many things I couldn't forgive. The matturity level of how the characters acted was one of the main reasons and as much as I wanted to dismiss it I couldn't.

Our main character Jessie is a 17 year old lesbian who comes across more like a 14 year old. As a reader you find out early in the books she suffers with depression, anxiety and PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). Due to all her mental health conditions I was going to accept her why she may but a bit more naive or immature to things due to how they have may impacted her. Unfortunately alot of the main characters held the same immaturity. It may be me and my friends but when we was 17 we was very mature.

In regards to her mental health conditions, personally I don's think they was handle very well or the author didn't have a full understanding of them. If you had ten people in a room with all the same illnesses each person my suffer different. With that in mind I still feel that Jessie's were over come with ease. I just felt being her main issues to resolved so quickly was unbelievable.

The romance with Jessie and Vivian seemed rushed. There was just no build up or spark. The author could of done so much with this because there was elements in the story to make something beautiful blossom between them. Even though this is a youndadult book , so much more could of happened.

One of the other characters Lauren come across as a bully and seedy at times. Her actions was borderline sexual harassment. Every time the character was mentioned or what she did made me wince.

Sometimes I couldn't keep along with the conversation. It was up and down in places and I felt like certain things just didn't go with the paragraph or the conversation felt like it completely changed. It made me read back thinking I may have missed something.

I rated the book two stars because I could see the vision of the story the author had in mind but it just didn't land. I will read another one of there books in hopes they have taken on everyone's reviews. Taking parts from the negatives and positives to mould and grow as a writer.

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Okay. Where do I begin? Thank you to Netgalley, Rebecca, and Wattpad for an advance copy of this book.

Wattpad is notoriously hit or miss with their published works. This is a miss. Was it ever edited? Did anyone else review it before printing it up? There's some potential here but it's like Wattpad Pub just took the rough draft of the rough draft of the first draft and just called it a day.

The good: diverse main character (LGBTQ), explores a relationship with an unaccepting parent, old friendships, rivalries/frenemies, parent relationships (yes, a YA novel with parents who are actually present!), and the plot had potential.

The bad: the character development, the execution of the plot, the characters were so bland that I kept getting them all confused, the romance was awful to the point that it took me 3/4 of the book to figure out who the love interest was supposed to be (I was wondering if it was a queer Harem for awhile there, seriously), the writing was repetitive, and that may be it.

Seriously, a queer summer camp novel about a supportive family while also putting an unsupportive parent in their place could've been such a great read, but yeah, unfortunately this one wasn't it.

Thank you, Wattpad Books and Net Galley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Emma Lane wasn’t looking forward to spending the summer with her mother, but she had some hope that maybe they could start repairing their relationship. When Emma’s mother drops her off at Camp Mapplewood, the place where Emma’s PTSD started, all hope for repairing the relationship is gone. Emma decides that she’s going to do everything she can to get kicked out of camp, but slowly she starts to build friendships, learning new things about herself, and deciding that Camp Mapplewood isn’t that bad after all.

This book took me a little while to get into, but once I did, I thought it was a cute summer read. My favourite thing about this book was the Black siblings and their mother. Camp Mapplewood is operated by Mr. Black, and every year he gets as many family members as possible to help him run it. Walter and Vivian Black are both camp counsellors, Gwen is a camper, and his wife runs the kitchen. I loved the relationship between the Black siblings, and I love that they welcomed Emma into their group. I thought that Mrs. Black was an incredibly nice woman, and I loved seeing her teach Emma how to cook.

It took me a while to warm up to Emma because she had some immature moments in the beginning. The reason for her immaturity was because she wanted to get kicked out of camp, but I wasn’t a fan of reading about it. Once she dropped the idea of getting kicked out, I started to like her a lot more, and I loved how her character developed throughout the book. I liked the anxiety and depression rep in this book, and I thought it was handled well. I also like that the Black siblings knew that something was going on and that they took steps to try to help Emma feel more comfortable with everything.

I loved the relationship between Emma and Vivian, and I thought they made a cute pair. I liked the build-up to their relationship, and I thought it was nice that they became friends first. I also thought it was cute that Gwen and Walter were so supportive of them getting together, and that they kind of helped push them together.

I enjoyed the ending of this book, and I thought what Emma did was super brave. I don’t want to say too much, but I wanted to clap for her because I thought she was awesome.

One thing that I didn’t like about this book was the bullying. There’s a character in this book who is a bully, and she does quite a few terrible things. This character goes out of her way to make Emma and Gwen feel uncomfortable, all in an attempt to reach her own goals. This girl steals, blackmails, lies, and gives non-consensual physical contact. I didn’t like that there was a mean girl clique going on, and it made me uncomfortable at times when reading. I also generally don’t like it when girls hate other girls, so I wasn’t a fan of this part of the storyline.

Another thing that I want to mention is that Emma’s mother is homophobic, does not accept that Emma is a lesbian, and does not take Emma’s mental health seriously. She asks Emma a few times if she has a boyfriend or makes comments about how she’ll have a boyfriend soon. She also doesn’t care that Camp Mapplewood is the place where Emma’s PTSD started and sends her there anyway because she has better things planned for her summer. Overall, Emma’s mother is a terrible person, and she clearly doesn’t care about Emma.

Overall, I thought that this was a cute summer read. I liked the friendship between Emma and the Black family, and I liked the relationship between Emma and Vivian. It did have some moments that I didn’t like, but overall it was an enjoyable read.

Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: Night Owls and Summer Skies

Author: Rebecca Sullivan

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 1/5 (because I can’t rate it 0/5)

Diversity: Lesbian main character and side characters, but not well done

Recommended For...: I can’t recommend this, it’s extremely problematic

Publication Date: June 30, 2020

Genre: YA Contemporary

Recommended Age: can’t recommend, dnf-ed

Publisher: Wattpad Books

Pages: 288

Synopsis: You have to step off the trail to find your path....

When her mother unceremoniously dumps her at Camp Mapplewood for the summer, Emma Lane’s hopes of repairing their fractured relationship are gone with the wind. Now she’s stuck in the wilderness facing her worst fears. Trees? Terrifying. Spiders? Even worse. And don’t even get Emma started on how she feels about camp activities. But Emma’s got a plan, and she will do anything in her power to get kicked out of camp, from sleeping in to playing practical jokes on her fellow campers. Yet when Emma draws the attention of her illusive and attractive camp counselor Vivian Black, she has to come to terms with the fact that how her summer starts isn’t necessarily how it might end. Will Vivian be the key to unlocking Emma’s fears once and for all?

Review: I had to DNF this read at 40% in. The book wasn’t for me at all. The book’s main character is really unlikeable. She calls herself gay instead of lesbian (which is ok, but it kind of gives off the vibe that being a lesbian isn’t good), she had anxiety and depression but doesn’t show the reader these issues and it isn’t wrote in the story well, and the whole relationship between Emma (our main character) and Vivian really upsets me. Vivian is older than Emma and there’s a power difference with Vivian being a counselor, and then Vivian does some things like kissing Emma and allowing Emma to sleep in her sleeping bag. Honestly, this is akin to professor/student relationships and shouldn’t be tolerated either. I don’t like the “bully is actually interested in the main character” trope because it sets a precedent that violence in a relationship in any form is ok and that’s not ok. Lauren didn’t have anything wrong with her per se but she is a bully and she sexually harasses Emma and Vivian and it’s not a good thing and doesn’t deserve good ending. I think it would have been better if Lauren was given some therapy or was shown to have remorse in the book but it doesn’t come off that way and doesn’t happen. Aside from these problematic issues, the book is also not well written and has some extremely harmful elements to it for people who identify as LGBT+.

Verdict: Not recommending.

Sorry, this one really missed the mark for me.

The Good
– The colour palette on the cover is SO GOOD
– The telling off near the end is decent

The Bad
– Age difference is discomforting
– Power imbalance is discomforting
– Plotting somehow manages to be both messy and simplistic
– Bratty characters
– Set-up requires some serious mental gymnastics

Night Owls and Summer Skies has an okay concept but suffers from bad characters, plotting, prose—bad everything. 

Story—★☆☆☆☆
As per her custody agreement, Emma must spend summers with her estranged mother. Emma's mother is self-involved, flaky and distracted, so Emma doesn't plan for a good time. Things take a turn for the worse when five seconds after arriving, her mother ditches her at Camp Mapplewood (yes really) to go on a cruise—the same camp which left her with PTSD. (Yes really.) Emma devises plan after plan to get kicked out of camp, but gorgeous camp counselor Vivian keeps forgiving Emma and hiding her messes.

First: the goddamn mental gymnastics necessary to accept the set-up. Emma's PTSD is from... being stuck in a tree for a night? That's the root of her trauma and a part of her depression? Really? In nearly eighteen years, the worst things to happen to Emma are a divorce and being stuck in a tree? Okay, sure, whatever. What's difficult to wrap my head around is that Emma detests Camp Mapplewood so much but goes through such a roundabout way of leaving through being kicked out. She can call her dad at any time: not only does she steal her cell phone back, but the people running the camp are stupidly, ridiculously, unrealistically nice. All she would have to say is, "Sir, my father won't know where I am if anything happens, could you call this number and update him?" But she doesn't, because she doesn't want to "bug" her equally stupidly, ridiculously, unrealistically nice dad. Which is such a feeble excuse, I mean, what did Emma think would happen once she got kicked out and her mother—now on the other side of the world—can't pick her up? They'll call the next available legal guardian.

When I read the blurb about a camper falling for a counselor, I guess I assumed the best. As in, maybe Vivian was seventeen and a new counsellor and Emma was sixteen and old for a camper. Not Vivian as a whole ass adult. The situation is super sketchy. Not only is Vivian "in charge" of Emma, but often manipulates things behind her back to keep her at camp.

Most of the book was empty fluff. Lots of hanging out, Emma and other characters having flat or forced interactions, or romantic scenes with a lot of telling over showing—Emma and Vivian felt forced.

There were also some odd discrepancies—Camp Mapplewood was both a great camp people wanted to be at and desperately trying to stay afloat.

One part I did enjoy was near the ending, when Emma finally tells her mom off. That was almost enjoyable.

Characters—★☆☆☆☆
I think the characters were the worst part of the book, since Night Owls and Summer Skies might've stood a chance if Sullivan sold us on Emma's mom. Or if any characters had a personality besides "bratty." Or if, you know, Emma was believable as a human being.

Emma was unlikeable. Her constant whining or complaining eroded any sympathy for her early on and the fact that her apparent trauma was so comparatively silly to some things other YA protagonists have gone through. She might have worked out if Sullivan had toned down her brattiness and worked on making her emotional troubles seem more believable, but alas, that is not the case.

Vivian was rude, cruel, grounded—and definitely more mature than Emma, in a way. I mean, no one in Night Owls and Summer Skies was actually mature in a human way, but compared to Emma and the other kids in the Beaver cabin who often sounded like tweens when they bickered, there was a noticeable difference. Honestly, the thing I don't understand about Vivian is how she fell for Emma. Setting aside the short timeframe and the fact that Emma is a miserable brat most of the time—how do you go into a job where you're in the mindset that you're an authority figure to these kids and manage to romance one of them? How are you looking at a sweaty, social inept minor and thinking about dating her? How can you fail to go less than six weeks without falling in love with a seventeen-year-old?

Also, the fact that no one was like, "Hey, that's weird. Maybe stop?"

Most of the other characters were one-note and cringey: either bratty, forcedly quirky, or unrealistically good-natured. No one was believable, likeable or interesting. There was a lot of silly "lol random" sort of behaviour and I found myself setting the book down and walking away every five minutes, unable to tolerate the nonsense.

Writing Style—★★☆☆☆
Night Owls and Summer Skies is written in first person, past tense from Emma's point of view.

Sullivan's writing style is sloppy, chaotic and dull. She struggles to set a tone, struggles to convey emotions or emotional scenes effectively, struggles to tell the story in anything approaching a competent way. Night Owls and Summer Skies reads like Sullivan haphazardly banged it out and then never glanced at it again.

Themes and Representation—★★☆☆☆
Things that are cool: a pansexual character; Emma working through her trauma; Emma finding something she loves.

Things that aren't cool: the pansexual character falling in love with a minor; Emma working through her trauma through a combination of a girlfriend and being forced into a traumatic situation again; "I don't like the word lesbian." Honestly, common sense says this would hurt Emma more than help her.

Overall—★★☆☆☆

Recommended For...
People who want that summer camp romance so badly they'll overlook a lot of bad writing and questionable elements.

This story is from Wattpad (I've discovered that there is a second part and I am very excited). I really liked that it is located in a summer camp and above all, that it is a romantic novel, but also of overcoming fears and letting go of relatives who do not contribute anything. Yes, it is true that these topics do not go as deep, but it ends up being a very entertaining and fun novel and especially with very good dialogues.
I've really enjoyed Vivian and Emma's conversations, they really have made these characters more real and I couldn't stop falling in love with them.
If it is true that Vivian is called as Pansexual, having a lot of negative charge for the trans, bi, gender fluid and non-binary community. So that's why I lowered the score from four stars to three.
Removing that, which bothered me a lot, the topics of anxiety, depression, bullying, phobias, homophobia, that this book touches, I think they are very important and that they are important but not being the main thread. Because this book is still "a book of lesbians in a summer camp" (I am the only one who call the book like that).
I really recommend this book and I encourage you to give it a chance. The author writes very well and outlines the main characters with pleasure.

I don't have much to say about this book actually, just that it desperately needs rounds and rounds of revision.

The characters were very inconsistent. There were multiple times where they would do something and I'd think "hm, that sounds like it's OOC" but I wouldn't have any evidence to back it up either way. IT felt like they were all just plot devices: MC unwillingly goes to a summer camp, a girl she likes makes her stay there, she makes a (female) friend because otherwise it'd be too obvious that all the female side characters in this book except her mother in law get slutshamed at some point. Times like these you can REALLY tell this came out of Wattpad.

The relationship also came out of nowhere, tbh, but this stems from the same lack of character depth that I mentioned before. These characters can't stand each other and in the next chapter they're kissing, which, okay I can get behing angst and I usually even prefer it, but this just wasn't it. They suddenly loved each other. Maybe the MC's inner monologue was not enough? It felt like she was hiding stuff from us.

Lauren was also such an unnecessary subplot. If you're gonna deal with sexual assault do it properly and with respect. If you're going to squeeze stalking into your book, do so with respect. Not this flat, soap opera-like subplot that was just an excuse to treat yet another girl badly.

I really enjoyed this one! It was a cute, fun read. I adored the characters and the banter, and the summer camp setting was so much fun! It had great rep for mental health as well!

(Link to my Goodreads review is below!!)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3412943101

This just missed the mark a but for me. I liked the writing okay. The characters were a bit flat. There is so much potential with this story line but this just wasn't it. What turned me off to the book is the multiple toxic people/relationships that go unchecked and brushed off as normal. Emma's mother is a narcissist. There are multiple scenarios where Lauren is teetering on sexual assault yet it is brushed out. Almost did not finish.

This made my heart melt.
I can't even describe how much I ship Emma and Vivian. Their characters are perfect, their dynamic is perfect. They fit into each other's lives perfectly. They were literally made for each other. Something this sweet should be sickening, but all I wanted to do was reach into the book and squeeze them together. I was a little taken aback by the promises of forever at the end, but it wasn't entirely rushed. They have had a wildly intense camp experience.
Let's talk supporting characters. The Black family is adorable, and despite Emma's apparent prickliness, they warm up to her and all but initiate her as one of them. Emma's father is a good contrast with her mother, because one neglecting, homophobic parent is more than enough. The rest of the Beavers are your average teen girls. Lauren's character demands no sympathy with her twisted ways of achieving her goals, as well as her misguided idea of consent. Jessie doesn't redeem herself either, but her spinelessness was evident from day one.
Overall, it's a great debut (and an impressive feat for a 22 year old author?!) Fluffy, light-hearted teen fiction hasn't been my thing in a while, but I definitely have no regrets with this book.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

I liked the idea of this story. A summer ya romance about two girls finding each other, but also with troubles past that they together can sort out. But no, this was just a hot mess of nothing of interest.

First off, the main character is such a bad written character. It said that she has PTSD, which I can't for the life of me find that rep in the book. The person in charge of the camp at some point force our main character out in the wilderness, even though it is their her PTSD started. No one of the characters had any personality at all, I often mixed them together and struggled to find some kind of motive for the story to move forward.

And the mother? What the actual F? She just drops her daughter who suffers from PTSD because of that place back there to go on a fucking honeymoon? I got so angry. And then no one is thinking about calling our main characters dad? Who is supportive? It doesn't make sense what so ever.

No, I do not recommend this book. I did not like this book at all.

absolutely loved this book, the lgbt romance had me hooked from the beginning with the almost dreamy language used and diverse set of character. i wish i could read it all over again !

DNF'D at 35%
This wasn't awful it was just predictable and boring. I feel like a lot of teenage reads are similar to this and it was nothing new

I really, really wanted to like this one. It just...fell flat. The writing, the characters, the dialogue, the plot...I really adored the premise itself - girl going to summer camp! Sapphic romance!!!! - is something I want to see more of, definitely; I just wish it was done a little better.

Emma's mother is pretty universally Terrible and despite that, I do appreciate how Emma is still very much Very Gay. We need more of that positivity. I especially appreciate that the story isn't necessarily an "OMG I think I am a homosexual" quintessential queer romance. It's a refreshing take.

However, the set up of what could have been a cute love story feels choppy and uncoordinated. I dunno. It just really didn't feel like there was a narrative arc. There isn't anything inherently problematic that I could see. I just felt like a lot of the elements that could have been very emotionally compelling we're kind of glossed over and despite its LGBTQ rep, this story relies heavily on YA romance tropes and not in a good way.

I like this book because the main characters don't apologize for being gay. The start of the book doesn't have a big coming out scene, she (and many other characters) is just gay. And most of the people surrounding her just openly accept it and move on with their lives. Which is amazing. The fact that this needs to be praised is sad but it's awesome that there are books about LGBTQ+ and the characters don't need to explain their sexuality or partner preferences.

Moving away from that, the characters themselves are just lacking for me. As someone who went to camps a lot as a kid, the fact that no one cares that one counselor and one camper continuously go missing/are in each other personal space so often pulled me out of the story. Towards the end Emma talks about not having a counselor patrolling the grounds at night while many campers do as they please seems unlikely too. Especially considering the camp director (and father of the counselors) pulled Emma out of a tree after spending all night in the rain stuck up there! I wanted to like Gwen so much. But the way she's written to behave made me imagine her as a young child and I had to keep reminding myself that she is 17 and about to inherit the role of counselor herself. There are other characters I had problems with but other reviews talk about them a lot better than I could ever.

This book tries to give a nice summer romance and I appreciate that but I think the characters themselves are just not up to par. I wish there was more depth and motives given instead of the dialogue trying to be "cute" around courting and kissing each other on the cheek.