This was lovely. I love Anita Kelly’s characters, they’re so real and individual, it makes any trope-y stuff (which there was a bit of here) work just because it’s believable in a way that’s hard to pull off. I also appreciated the build of this - too often with characters who have little to no relationship experience, it’s kind of zero to 60 in a really implausible way. I thought this was a much more realistic take on that and it really worked for me. Really charming. I think the second book in this series is still my favorite but I really enjoyed this.