Fangirl Down

4.5/5

I love this book and this love story. I think the only thing I didn't enjoy is the health insurance and flood insurance problems, but that's because I'm not an American. While insulin isn't cheap in my country, it's not as expensive as it is in the USA either. But I digress.

Josephine was such a great character. I loved her loyalty, dedication, and hard work. She didn't take shit from anyone else and she didn't let anyone treat her as though she was fragile. I LOVED the full circle moment with her standing on the sidelines with her sign. It was adorable!

Wells was a grumpy asshole with a bleeding heart of gold, who turned his life and career around through hard work and determination. He just needed one person to believe in him and when he lost her, that's when he realized how much her presence meant to him. And he began to listen.

She didn't necessarily fix him - he had it in him all along, he just needed a little push. And Josephine delivered that, time after time. And Wells didn't crumble, despite his fear - ever when she wasn't there, he performed well. Josephine let him rediscover his passion for golf and that's what he needed.

Spice was so good too. I think Tessa likes writing about butt stuff - they also happened in Window Shopping as well. I'm not complaining even if it's not for me, but it was still hot. And the golf course scene? I LOVE some semi-public action, it was a great read. The dirty talk was much better than in The Window Shopping though so I'm happy about that, though it wasn't 100% for me. But Wells has his moments.

I loved their story much. I love how protective Wells and Josephine were of each other. Damn, the scene where Josephine changed her monitor and Wells didn't know what was happening - that was amazing. I loved that. He was so unhinged and obsessed, it's my favourite thing about male characters.

There were so many golf puns but I hate to say I missed the meaning of most of them since English is my second language and I didn't learn many sports-related terms (especially when it comes to golf lol). I had to look up the meaning of so many which took me out of the story a bit, but that's not on Tessa at all, that's just my lack of golf-related vocabulary lol.

The diabetes was handled well. My grandma had diabetes so I know some things about it - even though she didn't have an app on her phone, obviously, it was more tedious than that. I like that the disease didn't define Josephine and she was handling it and didn't let anyone treat her like a child incapable of looking out for herself. That conversation she had with her parents was necessary though I wish she told them more.

I loved the story and even though they only knew each other for a couple of weeks, it didn't stop me from rooting for them - even the quick engagement wasn't out of nowhere. It weirdly fits them - I say weirdly because I usually HATE proposals so soon. But here? yeah, I believed that they're right for each other and it didn't come from nowhere like it usually does in contemporary romance.

I loved Tallulah and Burgess already and I'm impatiently waiting for their book. it's gonna be fun too.