“I never understood why anyone spoke poorly of the color brown, it was a dream on you”

Dear diary,

This was one of the cutest rom-coms I’ve ever read. It’s a mix of a clean slow-burn, fake relationship and childhood best friends to lover trope.

Daniella Daisy Maria is a hopeless romantic. Love is all she hopes for when she’s watching romcoms every Friday alongside designing dresses. What she hadn’t expected was to fall for her childhood best friend, Levi. It was the heart-pounding, hands shaking kind of love that wasn’t supposed to happen when you saw your best friend. But it all ended when he didn’t feel the same way and she vowed to never see him again.

Fast forward four years later, in a crowded bar in West Village, there he was, looking just as perfect as ever. Maybe it was the warm light or the way his hair fell over his forehead, but when he asked her to pretend to be his girlfriend at his sister’s wedding, she couldn’t bring herself to refuse. A chance to fix her childish mistake and be close to him again—how could she possibly say no?

As old feelings resurfaced with every rehearsed romantic moment and lingering glance, her confidence began to falter. She couldn’t stop wondering if agreeing had been a mistake—if saying no might have spared her heart a second time. With the truth of that prom night finally making sense to her, Levi’s book of translated French poems in her hands, and more moments spent together, she starts to see that maybe there was genuinely something between them all along.

This book genuinely was the perfect and clean read. Not too long, not too stretched and absolutely adorable. Levi is the dreamiest book boyfriend ever- teaches literature, curly hair, glasses, extremely protective, family oriented, bakes and a perfect gentleman. It’s a classic childhood best-friends to lover trope, with its unique story line. Overall, this was a heart-warming, smile from ear to ear type of read!

read-o-meter rating: 4.2/5

Age rating: 14+

Until next time… dear reader of my book diary:)