Thank you so much to Afterglow Books and Netgalley for providing an advanced copy of this! All thoughts and opinions are still my own.

AH Cunningham has become an auto-read author for me. I have absolutely adored her indie published titles and was so excited to see a trade romance from her! While this wasn't a new favorite, I think there was still a lot to love in this vacation romance.

This follows an overworked, career driven heroine who is taking her first ever vacation down in Panama. When her driver invites her to stay at his families beach side hostel, the two of them start an epic vacation romance.

Let's start first with what I liked.

AH Cunningham always writes the most complex and relatable characters. Even if you're nothing like this character, their trials and experiences are so universal. Genevieve is struggling with how to balance her life while figuring out what she really wants. Is this her dream or the one she's been pushed to want? That struggle with finding what you really want out of your life is something I think all of us can relate to.

The hero is all in with the heroine. I love a worshipping hero, and Adrián was definitely that.

While I loved the characters, I think what this book was missing for me was a driving plot. This was such a quiet, slice of life story, and I wanted there to be something we were moving towards.

This is really just a story watching two people, who are together right away, figure out how to be together long term. Working through where to live, family dynamics, balance, etc. While I love getting to see couples actually be together in a romance, I felt like it was almost too much in this case.

I didn't feel as though any of the side plots were strong enough to keep the momentum and pace of the story moving. So it felt like a very slow, meandering story.

While this might not be my favorite book from this author, I think her books in general are fantastic romances. And I will definitely continue to pick up everything she releases.