4.75⭐️ hey, if a book makes me cry on the bus, it's getting 5 stars 😭😭

4 dates, 1 kiss and a break up; just for the summer - or is it?? Justin and Emma think they are under a curse, everyone they date finds their one true love after a break up so they decide that maybe if they dated each other, that would break each other's curse, right?

The first book I read by A. Jimenez was Yours Truly and I remember thinking that for a romance writer who leans more towards romcom, she explores too many medical trigger warnings, like maybe it would make sense if were typical contemporary romance because you'd kind of expect that. Her covers get me and I pick them up because I want their romance to make me go "awww too cute" just the bright colors and smile a lot more than cry and have my anxiety triggered. I was worried when I read the description and trigger warnings for this book - panic attacks, anxiety, PTSD, depression, depictions of undiagnosed mental health issues, a toxic mother, and past child neglect.

This managed to be still very cute and felt like a warm hug after therapy. I loved this storyline so much more. I loved the layers to the characters and the plot as well. It did not at all feel like the triggering contents overwhelmed the romance of the story to me and it had me invested in Justin and Emma, Maddy and Niel and Amber the whole time.

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this is as much summer as I'm going to get rn, I'll take it ☀️👙⛱️🌸💛