This book is at times hilarious and at times heartbreaking. The banter, characters, and small town setting are entertaining. Daniel is perfect (too perfect?): hot, capable, responsible, kind, strong, good with his hands, has a dog… basically a dreamboat. But Alexis is dealing with a ton of emotional abuse from her past relationship and childhood, and her recovery and processing of the abuse is a major through-line in her story. Plus, one of the citizens of the small town endures some physical domestic violence. 

This is less of a lighthearted contemporary rom-com than I was expecting. But the emotional investment is what makes the ending so good. The payoff is HUGE and the ending is the happiest of ever afters. 

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