They Hate Each Other

The best way I can sum up this book is: absolutely no notes.

Everything this book set out to do, it did. Diverse rep? Check. Rivals to lovers? Check. Yearning? Check. Beginning to deal with and heal from trauma? Check. This book was exactly what I expected it to be and I mean that in the BEST way. I went in with expectations and it met every single one, like when you order your favorite dish from a restaurant that you haven't been to in a while and it is just as good as you remember it to be.

The conflicts in the main character's backstories were both handled beautifully, in my opinion. I was able to relate to both of them at multiple points in the story, which is unusual for characters with such different personalities. I especially loved the anxiety rep in both of them, but especially in Dylan. The descriptions of panic attacks were spot on and the way Jonah both helped him with them and reassured him that they didn't make him a burden almost genuinely made me cry.

There's really nothing else to say except this book did what it was meant to do flawlessly. Beyond some mild second-hand embarrassment I can't think of a single complaint. I needed a queer romance to set me right and I got it. Will definitely be checking out the author's other works!