At its core this is a coming of age story centring around Edi Parcell who is going through somewhat of a quarter life crisis. This is definitely not a formulaic romance fiction so if you're looking for the usual tropes we've come to know and love then you need to look elsewhere.

Edi basically has an absolute turd of a partner but this is balanced out by the best thing about this book... the amazing female love and support - more of this please!

I love the heart of this story which is essentially about acceptance, allowing people to be themselves, giving them room to grow and making no apologies about who they are. This is way more at the forefront than the romance element.

Essentially this is not what I expected but I loved it. I gave it a very rare 5/5 for romance fiction but I loved the sentiment so much and couldn't put it down once I started reading it.

I really enjoyed this but I wouldn’t class it as primarily a romance - it’s more of a mid-twenties coming of age novel (is that a thing?) where the protagonist has immense character growth, a delightful band of close friends and is engaged to the most infuriating man in literary canon. It’s a lot less about the queer relationship than I wanted going in and I think the blurb and cover imply. So maybe a five stars if it had been pitched to me as a different novel, but four because I personally wanted more of a focus on a romance between the two female characters. I did really like all the characters save Rowan and I thought it was well plotted and paced.