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I’m barely into this book but the epigraph and the 10 commandments of detective fiction have me enthralled. I took a detective short fiction class in college (as a biology major?) so I feel prepared for a challenge.

This is a sweet little book. It feels more like Book Lovers and Beach Read, which is what originally made me fall in love with Emily Henry’s writing. Something about People We Meet on Vacation and Funny Story made them difficult for me to get into and so I’ve put them both down at less than 30%. But this feels more classic EH. I’m excited to see how the story plays out because things are getting spicyyyyyy.

I would really like to watch this movie because it seems charming. I cannot get into this book. I know I’m not super far in but I can see that Poppy and Alex are obviously supposed to be endgame and I legitimately don’t know how we’re going to get there. They’re so different… kind of in an insurmountable way. Idk I’ll keep trying though. I love Emily Henry.

Look, I’m really trying to get through this book but I just do not care about Kira and Ben’s relationship at all.