Lizzie has big aspirations of owning her own gym. For the moment, she is broke trying to support her alcoholic mom and herself, so she has to settle for just working at a gym. Here, she meets her bestie James, who is also the owner’s son. James talks her into going to his sister’s wedding as a plus one. At the wedding, she finds a girl crying in the bathroom. She gives her some awesome advice that she doesn’t deserve her boyfriend since he isn’t making her happy. It turns out, that was really Cara, Jame’s sister, and she ends up cancelling the wedding from the advice Lizzie gives her. They end up connecting and falling for eachother. 

I don’t read enough LGBTQ+ reads and I enjoyed this one enough. There was nothing spectacular about it and it probably won’t stick with me forever. I enjoyed our main character, but not James or our love interest. Both of them were rude, to be frank. The plot was okay— lots of lies and drama. The writing was good enough. 

You can’t convince me that Lizzie had never seen Cara before. I get that James and Cara lost touch, but you’d think Lizzie would have at least seen a photo of Cara SOMEWHERE. Or even a simple mention of her name? Especially since Lizzie and James spend so much time together AND Lizzie works for their family. This was kinda outlandish. 

I do feel like some things weren’t hashed out like they should have been. Specifically, Lizzie’s situation with her mom. Her mom’s character wasn’t redeemed at all. Lizzie also never stood up to her draining mother either. Another thing that wasn’t completely hashed out was how awful James, Cara, and their family treated Lizzie during the 3rd act breakup. I felt like Lizzie deserved a bigger apology for the hateful things they all said to her. Frankly, Lizzie deserves better than everyone who has been placed in her life.