To this story's credit, there are a lot of funny moments sprinkled throughout. Especially including birds and adult items (if you have read this, you know exactly what I am talking about). The characters meshed well and their history really played into. I love the mental health and LGBTQ+ representation and the transparency as to exactly where the spice is. 

Sadly this is where the compliments end. This is a solid story but genuinely 200 pages too long. So much of the story just.. doesn't matter. You can skip large portions of the book and be just fine. I also felt like in the end River did not help Lily grow at all. He played zero part in her becoming less flighty. In addition, whether or not River and her ex play hockey wasn't consistently contributing to the story. While it is not a sports romance, if you are gonna bring up a character trait at the beginning, you have to stick to it. 

This book does include open-door spice that is hard to skip as it highly contributes to character growth. If spice is not for you, this is not a book I would recommend. 

I received this book as an arc from Happily Booked PR. My review is honest and voluntary