First off, I love the premise of this story - aching for a relationship with someone that by all societal standards you can't have. It's one of my favorite romantic tropes.

While the writing was decent, I struggled to connect with this story. This is subjective, but I like really, really broken characters, and these two weren't. They each had a few personal struggles, but nothing that felt really deep or immersive.

I also (again subjective) really struggled with the world-building. i.e. There just wasn't any, so each scene felt very general, not unique to the story.

I made it as far as 60% before I wasn't really enjoying it. This is simply my personal tastes as I need more complexity, mystery and immersion from a story. But for readers who like really simple, sweet romances without a lot of complex issues, you'll probably love this. :)