i received an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. and i was very excited to receive this arc because penny reid is one of my go-to cozy romance authors. i recommend her books all the time because she writes the most real and vital characters. they're flawed and hilarious and low-key quirky. except for cletus, that boy is full-on quirky. and still i have read cletus' book more times than i can count; him and jen are my otp.

but i'm really disappointed to say that folk around and find out fell really short for me.

there was minimal conflict, and what minor conflict existed was overblown and then tidily resolved off-page.

the author uses hank's strip club as a tool to humanize and defend sex work throughout the book. yet, there are a few passages that do the complete opposite. like, why are we comparing sex work to the horrors of war? ew.

useless scenes full of purposeless dialogue (some of charlotte's conversation's with hannah, the epilogue)

yes, charlotte and hank are great characters. that's a given when reading a book by penny reid. unfortunately, that's really all this book had to offer me.

overall, this series is wonderful, but it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if you skipped this one. *shrug*