2.5 rounded up.

This was overall cute. I enjoyed Tessa and Adam, especially Tessa’s growth as a character. Representation for nerds everywhere and having two programmers as the leads was cute. (And something I could relate to and understand since my husband is a programmer. I was proud of myself that I knew Unity was a real language!)

I also enjoyed the female cast. The male cast was a bit cringe and I wished they’d have been more fleshed out than being “gamer bros,” especially as a female gamer who has diverse gamer friends.

The writing needed a little work too - I know this is one of Yardley’s earlier works so she has improved, but there were parts that jumped around and I would get confused what was happening. The story could have been fleshed out more.

My biggest pet-peeve was having a character that was only described as “agoraphobic.” That’s it. Through the whole story it was poor agoraphobic girl - she can’t lose her home. It was really cringey and I honestly would have rated this one star for that alone, but I liked other pieces enough. So going in know that piece - because that’s the only way she’s described the whole novel.

Overall, a quick, fun read. Not really doing anything new or big. Just a simple contemporary romance between two nerds.