Interesting premise that benefited from great writing and logical side characters. I'll be honest... I did not like Waverly or Peter. They pissed me off most of the time, and the other part of the time I felt sympathetic. I actually cried for Waverly when Peter sent that text. You'll know the text I'm talking about when you read, and I'm sure you'll dislike Peter as much as I did.

This dislike is, of course, a huge issue since the entire book is about them and told from their POVs. Peter is petty and a total ass. Waverly is hotheaded and immature. The side characters, though, were such a treat! Lauren, Sydney, and Nancy were the voices of reason for our bullheaded leads, and I loved it when they tore them a new one after they said or did idiotic things. They said everything that I was internally yelling at them about.

I'd say that Waverly and Peter deserve each other, but I'm not even sure if they do. There were some hints of chemistry and the possibility of me falling for them, but it seems like I'll have to read the rest of the series to see it.

And I will be continuing the series. Not only because of the preview for Cop a Plea ended in a cliffhanger, but because I really enjoyed Hilary Grossman's writing. I felt like I breezed through this. Actually, I did breeze through. I finished in one sitting because I could not put it down. Grossman made me want to continue to see Waverly and Peter's bumpy (and sometimes rage inducing) road to getting together, even if I wasn't a fan of the individually most of the time.


Thank you to NetGalley and Hilary Grossman for providing me this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Things I liked:
- Dual POV- major plus for me. Both characters are solid!
- Police officer - I liked that Pete is a LEO. It gave this story something different from other rom coms I’ve read.
- The style of writing. It’s well written and flows smoothly.

Things I didn’t like:
- The format of the text conversations was confusing. It had time stamps but not the name of who was talking.
- Waverly kisses her friend’s husband on the mouth to make Pete jealous. Excuse me- in what universe is this acceptable behavior????
- Waverly and Pete’s journey together was lacking for me. I wanted more interactions/friendship/relationship between them. It felt a little like they didn’t know eachother at all straight to in love and I wanted more in between.

Final thoughts- I flew through this book. It was an easy read that was cute. I’m not sure that I would classify it as a rom com- as some of the content feels serious (see TW)- however there were funny moments throughout that gave the story a light feel to it.. Overall- a quick read. The story had a lot of potential, but I felt like it was missing something.


trigger warnings: cancer mentioned; loss of spouse mentioned;

Thank you to NetGalley and Hilary Grossman for the advanced copy for review.

Thank you Netgalley for tis ARC for an exchange for an honest review.

This was an enjoyable read.

This was a great romcom! Waverly gets pulled over by a sexy cop. She thinks she will be able to get out of a speeding ticket then when the officer asks that she provide her license and registration his whole demeanor changes. It now seems that he is out to make her life miserable and she can’t for the life of her figure out what happened to make him change. He later shows up at her house when a neighbor called in a complaint about her landscapers. He ends up giving her another ticket. Waverly is completely sick of the cop that is out to get her. When she attends her high school reunion he shows up there and she now understands why he has been acting the way that he had. Will the sexy cop, Pete, get over what happens in the past or will he continue to make her life miserable? I was given an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.