Okay this can have 2.5 stars but honestly I was bored. Like utterly and completely.

I have a love hate relationship with reality tv, especially dating shows. And this was kinda a hate relationship? The drama was so unnecessary (although I guess reflective of real dating show drama 🙄). The “here for the right reasons” thing is overdone and I just didn’t need it.

The relationships felt so shallow. Cas and Femi have one conversation and suddenly they are ride or die best friends? How? It all happened off page and felt so surface level it was painful. And Cas and Ada were cute together, but so much of the actual connection was either off page or purely physical attraction. I wanted more depth.

The ending was irritating. The show drama, no thanks. And the resolution was so quick it almost felt like “what was the point?”

I wanted to love this because the afterlight edition is stunninggggg but this did not work for me.