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This was a really good book. It was heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time.

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I like Abby Jimenez's writing, but this story wasn't my favorite. Her characters are great but I am not a fan of the "let's not communicate for 80% of the book and just be angsty" trope- with a quick wrap up in the last few chapters.

This is my 1st by this author & I have mixed feelings. It was absolutely compulsively readable & I couldn‘t put it down. But it also had one of the main tropes that I don‘t enjoy, which is a misunderstanding or lying to the other person “for their own good”. I‘d always rather they tell the truth & let the other person make their own decision. That being said, I did care about the characters, and I immediately picked up the next book in the series.

This is my first Abby Jimenez book and I‘m so excited to start it.

I enjoyed this intimate look at the “peak of the storm“ of a couple's marriage set within the backdrop of an actual winter storm. It definitely has the atmosphere of time stopping a chance to pause and reflect, which they do with multiple flashbacks. I didnt mind the shifting in POV especially because the narrators changed for the audio. I liked and understood most of the subplots but maybe not Tripp's?

Okay, I liked this book overall. I liked the chopping and changing between Jess and Mal, and how it biased whom I had empathy or sympathy with. But the subplots were odd. I'm not sure they were really necessary?
Good ending too.

I missed a full Bingo by about 75 pages. 😬 There's always this month!

Fictional me has no luck with Joshes either 🤣