this felt like a classic early 2000s rom com! i thought this was fun and quick but easily forgettable. it's admittedly less managing their bosses' hijinks and more about learning to recognise unequal/abusive relationships. even though it's told from dual povs, carey is very clearly the main character and shes the one who gets her ultimate catharsis moment.

the beginning sets the scene of the tripps, their fame, and carey's role with them. it's a little world info heavy at first, and carey and james' relationship went from bickering to making out to capital L love pretty quickly, i think it was a couple weeks. their interactions are sweet and i think they're well suited each other though. i liked the descriptions of carey's disability and mental health.

i thought the police interviews were a really quirky way to frame the story, it was fun and unusual and it kept the intrigue going. i liked the little social media inserts as well. the honey don't list is a quick and easy romance to clean your palate in between books, but nothing particularly worth writing home about.