1. If you're questioning whether you should or should not read this book at this exact moment, you absolutely need to read this book!! I was having an overwhelming day emotionally about my own work when I started to read Grumpy. As a result, I decided to take a mental health self care day. When I started this book, it was exactly what I needed, not only in terms of helping me to feel better about heading back into the office the next day, but it was exactly what I needed to read next.

2. I didn't find a single con to this book other than it is now done.

3. One of the things that I really appreciated about this book given the fact that I will be 38 this year (and how I've stayed in certain romantic relationships longer in my 30s versus making smarter choices like I did in my 20s), is how truly proud I am of Kenya for setting boundaries with Holland and her making it clear to him that they are to be partners in their relationship, rather than Holland merely dominating and controlling the relationship. I loved Darrel's brilliance and his wonderfully insightful understanding of Holland and more specifically, the differences between Claire, his sister, and Kenya and what those two women brought/bring to Holland's life in spite of those differences. The dialogue with Darrel being clear with Holland about how Claire and Kenya were different was exactly the kind of insight and conversations that I hope cishet men can get to and engage in regularly.

4. The overall tone and dialogue of Grumpy truly did match a romantic comedy and as I was reading, I could absolutely see different scenes playing out in my head as if I was watching a romcom.

5. I haven't read a book this good in a long time and I am very very happy with what I read...FIVE STARS FOR THE WIN!

6. One thing I will tell you that you need to watch out for if you're new to Nia Arthur's work: She writes beautifully, but if you are looking for a smut writer that is not her style when it comes to getting into details RE: sex scenes. The best way that I can think to describe how she writes her sex scenes is much more cerebral. It is very clear what the characters are doing but you are not going to get the physicality from reading those scenes in the way that you would from somebody who is a smut writer and/or writes romance but also writes romantic smut.

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