So good. SO GOOD. I loved them to an absolutely unreasonable degree.

Mollie’s grief hit so close to home it physically hurt — even though my relationship with my dad was completely different from hers, that hollow ache she carries? Felt. That was written with such honesty that it punched me in the chest.

And their banter?? Elite. Effortless. Adorable. Her dynamic with his brothers too — I ate that up. I love a family that immediately adopts the love interest like it’s nothing. I want to live in that town so badly it’s borderline embarrassing. Hand me a lease and directions to the nearest diner immediately.

Jealous Cash… yeah. That did things to me. Jealous Cash punching a guy for upsetting her? I ascended. Fully left my body.

And him calling her “honey”? That alone was enough to ruin my life in the best way.

Then he has the AUDACITY to say: "Because you gotta know by now, I can't deny you anything, Mollie. Not a fucking thing." Sorry I can’t come to the phone, I’m busy screaming into the void.

And THEN — "How much of a brute you want me to be, honey?" I’m done. Finished. Deceased.

Five stars for Cash, five stars for the voice he uses when he talks to her, five stars for the way I’m never recovering.

☆☆☆.5/5

"There's nothing out there I want… what I want is right here."

I really appreciated that the book didn’t drag its feet with the backstories. We get just enough early on to understand who these characters are without wading through ten chapters of mystery trauma breadcrumbs. Bless.

The pacing is fast, but in a way that feels smooth rather than rushed — more like a tight, clean road trip rather than a frantic sprint. It’s a quick read, but still manages to hit the feelings when it needs to.

Overall, it’s a solid little feel-good story that goes down easy.