I have a weird start to this review: I think the book could have been about one quarter shorter than it was. That’s the primary reason for the missing star. However, ultimately, I appreciated the REAL-ness if this story. I mean, I AM the mom from this story. But I was also, at one time, sort of the Darcy from this story, too. I never had letters written to me. And I never made money off of the advice I so often was asked to dole out. But I was that rare high school girl with a fair level of popularity but never a relationship. Lots of crushes. LOTS. But not one single date. (Until my 18th birthday which happened after graduation and could never lead to anything because he was leaving to CA for college.) No romance. Just lots of friends who, for some reason, came to me for advice. College was much the same.

Anyway. I liked the book. Quite a lot. I especially liked that the love interest was NOT ridiculously in love from moment one. And that he wasn’t transformed by his love. Neither was she. It was good. 💜📚