This book confused me to the point that I don’t want to rate it anymore. At first I kind of enjoyed the friendship between the two main characters and their banter (one of my favorite tropes), just to realize that this story is not going a path I really expected nor wanted (for example: the whole underdog plotline kind of seems to be forgotten after 50 percent of the book). SPOILER ALERT (ending, kind of I guess, so be aware!) After reading many romance books I understand that at some point it does not intent to be close to reality and is a nice escape read. I get it, I‘ve been there too as a forgiving reader just for the sake of a happy fluffy ending. But I‘ve figured out for myself that I can’t stand some unrealistic tropes any longer as „older“ I get. This story is guilty of trying to be close to reality with how college life and young adults life is, so you would expect a realistic ending and still be romantic. The ending of both main characters of getting married after one year of relationship is just fan service from my point of view. But marrying just because you’re „totally head over heels in love and never find another person like that“ at the age of 22 in 2019 seems too unrealistic especially with a „gypsy heart“ and independent character like Laney is portraited throughout the whole book (doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, but oh boy, me and my friends are in our mid 20‘s and everybody I‘m discussing topics of marriage and kids at this age agrees that it‘s a rare thing to happen). I mean, what is the problem with just enjoying life with your partner and feel confident enough of your love for each other in a romance book? I’m not trying to trash marriage in romance books, but I think authors need to kind of open their eyes to different relationship concepts that depict our society nowadays. So to put it into a nutshell, not my cup of tea.

So stell ich mir College-Romances vor: ganz langsam Nähe üben, sich selber finden, feststellen, dass die "sweeten" Typen langfristig die klügere Wahl sind. Und ein bisschen Misskommunikation ist wohl auch einfach immer in solchen Büchern dabei (nur am Ende und dafür gibt's dann eben den Stern Abzug). Cute!

This book confused me to the point that I don’t want to rate it anymore. At first I kind of enjoyed the friendship between the two main characters and their banter (one of my favorite tropes), just to realize that this story is not going a path I really expected nor wanted (for example: the whole underdog plotline kind of seems to be forgotten after 50 percent of the book). SPOILER ALERT (ending, kind of I guess, so be aware!) After reading many romance books I understand that at some point it does not intent to be close to reality and is a nice escape read. I get it, I‘ve been there too as a forgiving reader just for the sake of a happy fluffy ending. But I‘ve figured out for myself that I can’t stand some unrealistic tropes any longer as „older“ I get. This story is guilty of trying to be close to reality with how college life and young adults life is, so you would expect a realistic ending and still be romantic. The ending of both main characters of getting married after one year of relationship is just fan service from my point of view. But marrying just because you’re „totally head over heels in love and never find another person like that“ at the age of 22 in 2019 seems too unrealistic especially with a „gypsy heart“ and independent character like Laney is portraited throughout the whole book (doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, but oh boy, me and my friends are in our mid 20‘s and everybody I‘m discussing topics of marriage and kids at this age agrees that it‘s a rare thing to happen). I mean, what is the problem with just enjoying life with your partner and feel confident enough of your love for each other in a romance book? I’m not trying to trash marriage in romance books, but I think authors need to kind of open their eyes to different relationship concepts that depict our society nowadays. So to put it into a nutshell, not my cup of tea.

This book confused me to the point that I don’t want to rate it anymore. At first I kind of enjoyed the friendship between the two main characters and their banter (one of my favorite tropes), just to realize that this story is not going a path I really expected nor wanted (for example: the whole underdog plotline kind of seems to be forgotten after 50 percent of the book). SPOILER ALERT (ending, kind of I guess, so be aware!) After reading many romance books I understand that at some point it does not intent to be close to reality and is a nice escape read. I get it, I‘ve been there too as a forgiving reader just for the sake of a happy fluffy ending. But I‘ve figured out for myself that I can’t stand some unrealistic tropes any longer as „older“ I get. This story is guilty of trying to be close to reality with how college life and young adults life is, so you would expect a realistic ending and still be romantic. The ending of both main characters of getting married after one year of relationship is just fan service from my point of view. But marrying just because you’re „totally head over heels in love and never find another person like that“ at the age of 22 in 2019 seems too unrealistic especially with a „gypsy heart“ and independent character like Laney is portraited throughout the whole book (doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, but oh boy, me and my friends are in our mid 20‘s and everybody I‘m discussing topics of marriage and kids at this age agrees that it‘s a rare thing to happen). I mean, what is the problem with just enjoying life with your partner and feel confident enough of your love for each other in a romance book? I’m not trying to trash marriage in romance books, but I think authors need to kind of open their eyes to different relationship concepts that depict our society nowadays. So to put it into a nutshell, not my cup of tea.