i guess this whole review is mildly spoilery

need to stop dating men who fall out of love with me and start dating men who are Jack Bradford. annoyed at how quickly i fell in love with him. he was honestly kinda perfect to a fault, so much so that his reaction to finding out the truth just didn't seem believable to me.

he didn't seem like the kind of person who would react angrily and make a scene. not talking to her for a month and a half? more believable.

very confused how Cassie and her sister managed to blame Jack and Greg, instead of Cassie herself ? 

the writing was funny and conversational, which i enjoyed, but could have done without the two pages of physical description at the beginning of the book. 

this was very much How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days repacked, but I love that movie so im not complaining. however, the message of the book was really confusing??? couldn't tell if it was supposed to be feminist and fell short, or if it was supposed to be an argument against the "independent, headstrong, career-minded modern woman." whatever her point was, it didn't come across clearly. Like, ok, Jack pushed back against her "Betty" antics, especially that cringe-ass "sure a career is good, but that wont matter once i have kids" but it is still not easy (or possible) to ignore that she bagged a 10/10 millionaire once she stopped having sex on the first date, or any of the other more regressive 1950s tips (i am not talking about, "make him feel needed" "be complementary" "show him you're thinking of him" etc). and the grandma's "i cooked for your grandpa and wore makeup for your grandpa not because it was expected, but because i wanted him to know he was worth the effort" was all well and good, but the fact of the matter is that it WAS (and maybe, is) expected for a woman to cook and to "make herself pretty" for her man. idk, these are all things that gave me pause as I was reading but didn't really deeply consider until writing this review.

that being said, i enjoyed Cassie and Jack's natural dynamic (whenever Betty didn't rear her ugly head), adored Jack, and i had fun reading this book. when i picked it up, i was kinda preparing myself for the worst but i was pleasantly surprised! definitely one of the most fun and least cringy romances ive read.