What a wild and emotional ride. The chronic illness representation was authentic, raw, and validating. The second chance enemies to lovers arc was believable, and I'm impressed by how the MMC was redeemed (even if I still really hate who he was at the start of the book and firmly believe I personally would never let him off the hook...I get why Nomi did). The comedy was gold; I genuinely laughed out loud. I enjoyed the destigmatization of marijuana and the accurate bits of education and advocacy around it's medicinal uses included in the narrative. And I loved the narrators for the audio book as they made the storytelling feel dynamic and alive.

The dual POV here felt intentional and absolutely necessary. I would not have been able to believe or understand why Nomi forgave Julien had I not had his internal emotional perspective to truly feel grounded in his growth and change. That said, there are still some aspects of his characterization as a doctor that left a sour taste in my mouth as a chronic illness patient myself. I also wasn't so much a fan of his obsessiveness - asking Nomi to marry him every week by the end of the book didn't strike me as "cute" or endearing, just as annoying and pushy. Yet, that's pretty on btan for the character so 🤷🏼‍♀️

Overall, I really enjoyed this listen and would love to find more books with candid and authentic representation of chronic illnesses and how the impact daily life as well as relationships and romance.

FMC in witness protection because of mafia family + MMC that's a horny sasquatch shifter forest ranger = a hilariously good time.

I'm trying to think of more to say but honestly he f-cked a stump... I mean I'm f-cking stumped. 😂