Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

//☆ ┆ 5 stars (spoilers ahead)

“ i spent a lot of time ... convincing myself i wasn't built to last, wasn't built for romance, for love. but maybe ... maybe i was just built for you. ”

i think this book was a really nice way to end the story. i didn't read the blurb of this book so i was pleasantly surprised to see the fake dating trope! i loved reading how stevie started to slowly fall in love with iris and vice versa. the bits talking about stevie's struggle with GAD definitely hit home as someone with the same diagnosis.

i really loved seeing claire more in this story - there was something about it that really made me happy, as i dont think claire had many appearances in the second book.

after the breakup arc, it really hit hard when stevie opened that package to reveal the graphic novel that iris drew about their love story. i figured that something was going to be done about iris' drawings of stevie .. their reunion was so sweet, i absolutely loved it.

lastly, the wedding scene where iris and astrid walk delilah and claire down the isle was a very sweet and bittersweet way to end their stories. the first book started with those four getting close and becoming a fairly tight knit group, and it ended with them going into a new chapter in their lives. i got attached to all these characters.

i definitely recommend this book and the trilogy.