One of the best books of 2020

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This book is about Anh Nhi Walsh or Annie who leaves Connecticut and moves to Rome, Rhode Island in the hopes to leave her old life behind and have a fresh start after being dumped by her fiance Clark. She meets Emmitt who is the father of a teenage girl named Paisley. Emmitt is co-parenting her with his other two best friends Levi (her Uncle) and Grayson (her stepdad).

Gray’s wife and Paisley’s mom Michelle passed six months back and the entire family is dealing with their emotions and trying to cope up with the loss.

I loved the forced proximity angle and the banter between Annie and Emmitt is incredible. They both are very intelligent and mature characters. I love Annie’s friendship with Beckett and Lynn.

The author has beautifully highlighted the challenges faced by Annie and Emmitt.
Annie is a Korean girl adopted and nurtured by white parents and her struggle an in to fit in both worlds and insecurities that she might not fit in any of them. Emmitt got to know he was the biological father of Paisley when she was five years old and by that time Levi and Gray were already in the picture has her dads. Since then Emmitt has struggled to fit in the family.

I felt the plot of this book was so unique and the characters were so relatable.