Regretting You is a solid sappy CoHo romance.

There’s not much to say about this one – it’s full of secrets, longing, and teenage angst with an incredibly sweet edge to it all. This is exactly what I was in the mood for, so it worked perfectly.

Full of men doing all the right things to make up for those who don’t. Jonah and Miller are incredibly strong male characters in very different ways. Jonah is reserved and long-suffering, burying his feelings to protect the people he cares for. Miller is over-the-top romantic cheese in the best way. Since Morgan and Clara were all caught up in what was going on in their lives (and rightfully so), we needed the boys to change the mood a lot; Jonah and Miller both played essential roles in keeping this story moving.

Both relationships had a little too much drama, but it’s to be expected – at least with everything else going on in the story, it made sense. I was impressed with Morgan’s goal to protect Clara despite how it may blow back on her. I also appreciated Clara’s ability to hold space for Morgan‘s experience of learning some pretty terrible information while also dealing with this information herself.

Despite the death, grief, and infidelity, Regretting You is more lighthearted than the last few CoHo books I’ve read (Verity, Without Merit, and It Ends with Us) which I appreciated. She writes this kind of narrative well – sweet relationships with a little (but not too much) complexity to keep it interesting. Add a little twist here and there because nothing turns out the way you expect until it does. Predictably unpredictable.