3.5 - This was a very cute story. I enjoy a grumpy guy main character paired with a happy female main character. I know this was translated from French, and you could definitely tell. I don’t know if it was the original versions the translation, but the writing felt pretty stilted. It was a fun enough story to get past that. I liked the main characters were both complex and that they weren’t (completely) magically fixed in the end just because of their relationship. I do wish there had been a bit more evolution of their relationship shown between Maxime being so grumpy towards the beginning to him suddenly wanting to be with Sarah.
I do have to say I don’t feel like the cover image fits the story and characters at all (aside from the large stack of books). It seemed like they were both described as having dark hair, hers is supposedly curly and he tends to dress in black. The illustration of the two people n the cover don’t fit that at all, in my opinion.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and would potentially check out something else written by this author.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for allowing me access to this eARC for my honest opinion!