Book 37 - Fundamentals in Flirting by Lucy Chalice

Hannah Havens moves back to her hometown after finding her boyfriend in a compromising position. She soon runs into (literally) her high school crush, Teddy Fraser. They shared a kiss way back when, and it’s still memorable years later. He tells her he wants to woo her, but she doesn’t want to jump into a new relationship, especially with the town flirt. She’s also not great at peopling, which is causing problems at the veterinary clinic where she works. It’s an ok book. Kind of meh. Their dialogue was cute at times. Hannah’s self loathing got to be a little tiresome to me. The one-dimensional villains, in the form of the high school mean girl who’s still mean, and the cheating ex who wants Hannah back, are so horrible they don’t feel real at all. The neighbor with cognitive impairments was done kind of lackluster too, and tidied up conveniently. The interactions with the animals was cute, and Hannah and Teddy had some good chemistry. I’d read another book by the author but I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend this. (7.25)