The plot is what attracted me to the story because I love second-chance romance, and with a very interesting MC as a trans woman even more so.
It started off very promisingly, but unfortunately it lost some of the intensity pretty quickly.
The development of things is both slow and relatively fast for Kelly and Teresa at the same time.
I'm not sure which aspect irritated me while reading. Also, many moments were just a bit too much of everyday life and it didn't really contribute to the story.
At least in my opinion.
That's why some things were too much and others not enough.
Like the physical reconnection between the two. It was a good pace and quite quick, but not enough was written about it. It just happened.
Anyway, it was still a sweet story and the topic of Kelly's transition has an importance that I really liked.
That was the real topic of this story: how the world deals with it and how Kelly herself really went through with it and can finally be herself.
This aspect is very well written and convincing.
A certain normality about that was incorporated that I haven't read before with a MC. I really liked that.
Thanks to Bold Strokes Books and, of course, the author for the ARC.

i havent read a book with this plot before. the additions of a different relationship read was really interesting to me. i would love for one day thee books not to be marked as different. they arent a separate genre kind of thing. but for now they simply arent in the mainstream. but in a way this is good sometimes, because i can actively pick them out. and im really trying to do so.
this book was about love at the end of the day. and it was love like any other. if anything the gay and transitioned part of it only added more to its emotional depth. because we had family acceptance and also a new but old relationship that might look different now. i really appreciate how it was handled. it never felt gawsh or cliched.
it was at the end of the day about love. and whether it can work for people if their lives look differently and are indeed located differently.
a good book. im glad we are seeing more. lets make them just part of our bookshelves please.

The book started really promising with Kelly coming home for her father’s funeral. She talks with her mom and this is the first time she is told that come home as herself after her transition. Her relationship with her mom and siblings strained but at the same time better than ever in their shared sorrow. At the funeral Kelly comes across her old high school girlfriend Teresa that broke up with her since she realized that she was into women not men, Kelly being the only man she has ever been with. Now Kelly is a woman, so Teresa starts to look at her differently and Kelly has never really lost her feelings.

Until here all is the book good and enjoyable to read then I have some issues with Kelly’s and Teresa’s relationship. They start talking about potential issues in the future with a long-distance relationship even before then even have kissed again or for sure not fallen in love again.

Overall the book gets way to detailed and wordy. I rate it high though since it is one of the first books I have read that really normalize a trans woman and her relationship with a woman, it is not a big deal at all.