"Sweet" romance with annoying characters

This was a "sweet" romance and the friends to lovers trop is one of my favorites, but I did NOT like the implementation at all. The Hero was too clueless to be believable and the heroine lacked self esteem to such an extent it was irritating. There was lots of introspection and there was absolutely no chemistry between H/h. In fact, there is a moment when the heroine finally has enough and I thought: "good, now she'll go find someone who turns her on". Not the emotional reaction the author intended, I'm guessing... I was also annoyed by the fact that the Hero had a girlfriend he neglected for most of the book -- not a good omen. And there were a number of things that should have been addressed a bit more thoroughly: how the heroine was going to deal with Nick's mother, the grandmother's behavior towards the heroine, etc. Add to all that the fact that it went on and on with nothing happening and no real psychological step forward, and it was a bore of a book. There was no emotional payoff and basically will be forgotten by this evening. I can't recommend this one.

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