I loved the sound of this second chance romance when the publisher reached out to me and so I was very excited to read it. And it did not disappoint!

I really got Georgia’s feelings about losing friends as they went on to different stages of their lives. I think I had this same connection with another character just recently in another book. But in a way she kind of was letting them, or expecting them to do that. She didn’t want to need them. Based on her past with her own mother, and even things with her father, she knew it was just better not to be needy. In her mind and experiences, it had made people leave her because she was too much. In fact that is part of what she felt split her and Eli up.

Eli was someone you could tell from the first actual point he showed up at the airport had made some changes in his life. It wasn’t just that he seemed so different to Georgia, I mean, yes, it was, but there were just a lot of clues laid into his actions that definitely kept me thinking about what had probably been going on for him. It was also obvious he was coming to make amends, not only with their friend Adam, but also with Georgia.

I loved how they finally gave in. How both of them supposedly handled keeping it just for that short time. But Eli stepped up, he really did prove that he was there and was there to be part of her life again. And the paper rings, those were the neatest thing. I loved that she’d kept them all that time. It’s totally something I would do. I even have silly notes from high school from people, so I got that. But what those rings turned into, what the surprises that came with them at the end were, I didn’t see that coming, but oh did I love that! This romance was so good. It didn’t work out perfectly without any mistakes or any heartbreak or trying to figure things out. But it worked out with the characters having to figure out where they’d went wrong on their own, and make their own lives ready.

I can’t finish this review without talking about the hilarious wedding curse that their friend Adam and his fiance Grace were dealing with. So many hilarious things, and you can’t even imagine how insane some of these things that went wrong were! The crazy DJ they went to check out to replace the original one they had. The cabins they stayed in for the wedding, the cake tastings and then incidents, TWO!, with the final cake. Not to mention the way they got their HEA and the epilogue of the story was so unique and fit perfectly.

This is my first book by this author, I’d wanted to read the first one, but didn’t get around to it, now I know I will have to, so I’ve added it to my audiobook wishlist to enjoy as well. And I’ve seen there is a novella to read, so that is on my TBR too now!