I first learned of this author when I heard about her upcoming sapphic hockey romance that has chronic illness rep. This is her first book and I'm so glad I read it because I really enjoyed it! The found family aspect is excellent (specifically among queer people), the disability rep is so well done (mental health, chronic illnesses), and the spice was really good. I appreciated that one MC was experiencing her first sexual relationship with a woman, and the way the two women interacted, from snarky and teasing to caretaking and emotional. Their contract for a platonic, convenient mutual arrangement was clearly going to fail but I liked the way they each fell at different speeds and levels of awareness of their own feelings. They both work at a dog resort, one as groomer and one as manager with a side gig of training dogs. There's plenty of on page therapy sessions for one MC, and great conversations between the friends that simultaneously support and challenge one another. I don't know if we ever will since there's a new series in the works, but I would love to get books for the other three in the friend group if romance is something that makes sense for the characters.