Second chance romance is once of my favorite tropes, this one was sweet, but not as satisfying as it could have been. I liked the characters, but I predicted the big twists before they happened and felt like the story was rather slow with not a lot of forward movement.

Yvonne was strong in so many ways, but kept deferring to Nathan on big decisions even though she didn’t really agree. She didn’t assert herself except when it came to Jacob. On the other hand, she had no problem asserting herself with Richard. And in her relationship with her mother, it seemed that Yvonne continually felt “less than”.

Nathan was a “nice guy,” and actually was nice in a lot of ways, but was an absolute jerk in others. His expectation that Yvonne do everything his way was annoying, as was every time he reached out to her mother behind her back. And don’t get me started on his hypocrisy for getting mad at Yvonne’s relationship with Richard when he had a relationship of his own.

Richard on the other hand really was a nice guy who made some really bad decisions because of some really bad people he trusted but shouldn’t have. And once he figured out what they did, he tried to correct his mistakes.

Don’t get me started on Yvonne’s mom, because I just 100% did not like that woman.

Jacob, on the other hand, was adorable.

I did like the ending, and Yvonne getting her strength and determination back for guiding the direction of her own career.

Disclaimer: I received an eARC of this book through Net Galley on behalf of the publishers in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.