Beach Read

I picked up this book today, as a part of a reading challenge and after reading 6 other romance novels, in rapid succession. And being a massive love hater (not my words) to begin with, it's safe to say I was getting pretty tired of romance (a major understatement). I intended to read a few chapters before moving on with the rest of my day, but before I knew it, I had finished the whole thing in pretty much one sitting.

I thought this book was gonna be a shallow, Starbucks-matcha-late-with-caramel-sprinkles (or whatever it is they sell)-type of giddy romance, about two horny edge-lords on vacation, who try to outsmart each other while getting drunk on piña coladas.
And while, technically, I could've been more wrong, I would've had to try hard.
This book is about two aggressively normal people who are dealing with some hard times and happen to fall in love in the meantime. It's about dealing with the beating down life gives us and the ways we find to deal with it. It's about stories and the strange paths they sometimes take to come to life.

It's beautiful and tragic, and hopeful, and sarcastic (not in the wannabe way, but actually), and funny, and sweet, and I loved it.
From the bottom of my romance hating heart, I loved it!