Publication Date: May 20, 2025
Oh my GOD this book was so good!!! The tension between Tris and Rafe was delicious and the one bed trope was FLAWLESS! I could not have loved their development more. They read as such real, flawed humans to me that I could see them standing right in front of me today.
In so many ways this book is just a dreamy love story. The vacation vibes and enemies to lovers paired with forced proximity and only one bed??? Chef’s kiss. It’s set in Hawaii and like Hawaii, this story will keep you warm year round.
I would be remiss to not mention how powerful the story’s focus on the treatment of women and especially BIPOC women in the workplace experience. Tris experiences a bias in her field of engineering that has been common for so many women for so long. I appreciated the honest representation of it here and am right there along with Tris in hoping and working for genuine, positive change.
Thank you to Forever and Grand Central Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book! I received a free advance copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review. All opinions expressed are my own.
natalie intihar 
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