08/19/2026
Okayyyy, so I’ve been seeing quite a few “slow burn” romance suggestions and this review is coming from someone who’s NOT a romance girly.
Yes, I was an ARC reader, HOWEVERRRR, I only applied to dip my toes into the genre after heavily steering away for years.
This book is part of a series, but Anjelica made sure to make her readers aware that if you did NOT read the first book, the second book still makes sense - no lie detected. In total I spent less than 4 hours reading her novel. It was perfectly pitched, super easy to read, definitely slow burn, super low 🌶️ level, and all around cozy. If you’re looking for friends to lovers, small town, cozy, easy, slow burn lovey dovey, please check it out. If I can find other novelists that write the way she does - I will likely put myself in a hole with a TBR entirely too long to keep up with.
I rated it 4 ⭐️ on GoodReads and annotated the heck out of it along the way (see photo for reference).
Happy reading 🤪 📖
Here is a link to her book on Amazon if you want to check it out: https://amzn.to/467jRVp