29 year old librarian, Ingrid Dahl and her boyfriend Cory have been together for 11 years. When her younger sister announces she’s getting married, Ingrid and Cory decide they need to experience more life and agree to separate for one month to experience dating other people. Neither has been with anyone else. Ingrid even has someone in mind that she’d like to date, her co-worker at the library, Macon Nowakowski, whom she has secretly crushed on for years. Things don’t go as they seem and at the end of the 30 days, Ingrid and Cory need more time.

As I was reading this novel I kept saying to myself, well, this is a different kind of love story, isn’t it? It’s kind of a love story for Ingrid, or really, a story where Ingrid discovers herself and what she needs to feel loved. I really connected with her journey because it’s something all young women in their 20’s go through at some point or another, right? Even if you end up married to your high school sweetheart there are moments where you want to or wish you could explore your options to make sure your decision is what you truly want. Through this journey for Ingrid to “explore her options”, she was really exploring who she was and who she wanted to be. That journey was very satisfying.

Ingrid’s love life was a little more frustrating, more so because it brought back all of those memories of when I was single and remember how bad those days were but also how funny some of those dates were too. Ingrid’s journey away from Cory and towards Macon was at times frustrating, but in the end it ended up being warm and wonderful. Macon was grumpy, kind of irritating, but oh so kind, and in the end, very loving. The second half of the book was an ode to falling in love, and I was so on board with that story. Fair warning though, it did take a bit to get to the happily ever after Ingrid was seeking. Because of the journey, I did appreciate the outcome more than I would have if Ingrid had left Cory and immediately got what she wanted from Macon. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I received this book through NetGalley for an honest review and it was honest.

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