I read the author's note and realized quickly that this book wasn't for me, which suuuuuucks because I paid $18 for the pre-order. Damn it.

"I just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that Not in Love is, tonally, a little different from the works I've published in the past. Rue and Eli have dealt with--and still deal with--the fallout from issues such as grief, food insecurity, and child neglect."

This part was fine, although made me a bit uncomfortable because all of these are themes I embody in my life. The issue was this next part.

"They are eager to make a connection but are not sure how to about it except through a physical relationship. The result is, I think, less of a rom-com and more of an erotic romance."

Fuuuuuck. I don't read erotica. At all. I skim past spice in rom-coms a lot of the time because it's not my thing. If the author is shifting the tone from rom-com to erotica... that's not a good sign for me. I know some readers will eat this shit up, but I am not one of them. :(