This was just fine. I typically absolutely adore a childhood friends to lovers trope, but this one wasn't executed in a way that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I think that the female main character clearly did not care for the male main character until she realized he was hot now. I know that sounds stupid but it was hard for me to trust that she truly cared for him after all of her feelings about him and their small town seemed to change in the span of a few weeks. In particular, I felt like the female main character thought about the male main character as "less than" because he stayed in their hometown when in reality he was an adventurer and super spontaneous and fun but she viewed him in a negative light because of the one factor of him staying near his family. This element made it hard for me to like reading from our female main character's perspective. I didn't dislike the book it just wasn't my favorite. I think most people would probably enjoy this.