if i had one criticism it's that i wish we had spent more time with letty and elliot getting to know each other because when the "i love you" happens it's just a bit too sudden for me but everything else? i loved. i loved letty SO MUCH! how tough she was, how resourceful she was but also how kindhearted she was. i also loved how wonderfully petty she was at times too. i really enjoyed elliot as well. i love a good slightly stiff and overly serious hero meeting someone who finally gets him to let down his guard and he's slightly taken aback by it. not only that but i loved the cast of characters in little bidewell and how much its inhabitants cared so much about elliot and wanted him to be happy but also how much they grew to care about letty. i would happily read more books set in little bidewell simply because brockway did such a good job with those characters and making me care about them as well.

and despite my criticism of thinking the romance happened a bit too quickly the love declarations here were VERY swoony that i'm willing to let that minor quibble go tbh!