A review by daniobsessivelyreads
Give Me Butterflies by Jillian Meadows

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 **๐‘จ๐‘น๐‘ช ๐‘น๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜** ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘ด๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ฑ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’˜๐’”

Release Date: January 21, 2025

5โญ๏ธ5๐ŸŒถ

I absolutely loved this Rom Com with all the feel goods and heart warming characters. Millie works at a Natural History Museum in the "Butterfly House" essentially and she's applying to become a Director within the Museum. The Director position has been her dream job for a while now, and she's doing everything in her power to do well with the interview process. 

Finn also works at the Natural History museum, but in the Astronomy department. Millie accidentally runs into his car in the parking lot on the morning of her first interview. She sees him and this his a brooding dark lord straight out of the Star Wars franchise. She has a minor panic attack when she goes inside and realizes he's on the panel of people that are interviewing her for her dream job. 

Millie meets the Kylo Ren double again when she finds out he has twin 5 year old girls in her Summer Camp program, Avery and Eloise. They're absolutely adorable, and she finds out that their mother died due to cancer and Finn is actually their uncle who adopted them. 

Millie finds herself going to Finn's house every Friday to hang out with his girls to bake cooks, make pizza, and general teach Finn how to not burn the kitchen down. There friendship turns from grumpy and sunshine to sunshine and sunshine. But she doesn't want their relationship to be anything more than friends, so it doesn't put her dream job in jeopardy. They just can't seem to stay away from each other.

This is definitely in my top 5 rom coms ever! I'm going to be recommending this to every rom com reader I know!

Themes/Tropes:
๐ŸNerd-nerd couple
๐ŸEnemies-to-lovers
๐ŸBoss-sub-employee relationship
๐ŸGrumpy-sunshine

TW:
โœจVerbal abuse and gaslighting (past)
โœจLoss of a parent
โœจLoss of a sibling via cancer
โœจEmotionally distant and manipulative parents
โœจAnxiety symptoms and attacks