This book got me out of a reading slump and is perfect for what it is- a cute romcom slow burn. It is very light to read, even the heavier topics including alcoholism and parent death. Could the characters and heavy topics been more developed? Yeah. Could the plot include more depth and twists? Also yeah. But this was still very cute and fun to read. Unlike many other reviews, I enjoyed Gabe and Chani together. I thought their interactions were pretty realistic in the “Then” chapters in terms of affection/flirting for only each other for one weekend. I also enjoyed the way the book was structured. Splitting between “Then” and “Now”, along with having each chapter end with a relevant article, withheld the right amount of information that was slowly revealed. I liked the we slowly got bits and pieces of their history. I’d be interested in a second book about this couple.