I... Kind of hated it. And I feel so conflicted about that because it's a debut and the author seems really sweet from her preamble. And I loved that the main character (Allison) was fat and not trying to lose weight! And a romance set in grad school! But the pacing was so slow. And the initial descriptions of the male lead were so confusing in tone that I thought he was going to be the antagonist, not the romantic lead. I actually liked that he was physically not the typical male lead - knobby knees, lanky, etc. But I didn't feel any romance at all between the two leads. It is unclear to me why she even was into him once (it's a second-chance romance), let alone twice (three times?). Colin, the male lead, is the definition of a mediocre cis het white dude who just skates by and achieves lots of things. Based on... Nothing? And we are supposed to just get over the fact that he constantly undermines Allison in very important academic career moments, including stealing the topic and title of her presentation?? And then SHE apologizes to him for overreacting?? The other thing is that I hate the last minute attempted redemption for the abusive father - the book did pretty well at having her set boundaries with him, and then seemingly threw it all out the window at the end. It's GOOD for people to cut abusers out of their lives, including parents! He did not need a redemption arc. I know Ali Hazelwood blurbed this book very positively but I find that very confusing. Do not recommend at all.