Each time I think that Amy Award cannot make me love another Kingman brother more than I possibly already do, another book in the series comes out and she punches through my wall like the Kool-Aid man, going "witch, you thought?!" and proves me wrong (and my love for her and her writing intensifies even more. We're talking "the limit does not exist" level at this point, people).

To start on a few general notes, Amy has always written stories about plus-sized people finding their happily ever afters WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE, and there needs to be SO MUCH MORE OF THIS IN THE BOOK WORLD. It is so refreshing to identify with a main character who finds a love interest and then NOT BE LET DOWN because the love interest wants the FMC to change how she looks. Society has always shouted as us that we need to be thinner, taller, less of what we are now in order to be found attractive and find love. Amy has my deepest thanks for reminding me that society isn't always right and we're worthy of love, just as we are.

Second, Amy has always picked the most AMAZING audiobook narrators, and again, she has not let her readers and listeners down. Reading these books gives me feelings. Listening to these books makes me silently happy cry at my desk at work. The actors give Amy's words more power, and it hits harder for me, and I love every moment of it. To me, it makes to story feel even more personal.

ESPECIALLY if you loved "The Wiener Across the Way," this book will likely become a top fave. It almost feels like a continuation of that story - and, in a way, it is - but on a more relatable level because the FMC isn't a famous pop star; she's just the girl next door who happens to be besties with one. We get the firsthand picture of what it's like to be a plus-sized woman attempting to find her people and promote body positivity and how society reacts when you don't have fame behind you to solidify your message. (Not that The Wiener Across the Way didn't feel real, because it ABSOLUTELY DID. This was just personally more relatable.)

This book was a love letter to plus-sized people of all genders, sexualities, and walks of life to remember that you have to love yourself first, and love yourself as you are, right in this moment. The romance and happily ever after with the man of the FMC's dreams was the icing on the cake.

I can't pick a favorite book in this series because I love them all so much, but this one was just SO SPECIAL to me. I hope that everyone who reads/listens to it takes away that same message of loving yourself first, the positivity of friendship, and that you're worthy of love JUST AS YOU ARE.

Thank you again, Amy Award, and fantastic audiobook narrators Aaron Shedlock and Juniper Young, for bringing this book to life on a whole other level I didn't realize I needed. Easiest five-star rating I've ever given to a book.