When I started this I was worried that I wasn't going to be that into it because the premise/setup is focused on how Felix wants to have power over Louisa and she's enthralled by her physical attraction to him, etc.

But then it pretty quickly took a turn to be about how they're both horny doofus astronomy nerds who don't know how to emotion. Super delightful. I especially enjoyed the way that they actually directly TALKED about their feelings, despite part of the conflict being their unwillingness to admit their love to each other.

My only major issue was the implication that Felix's mom should have just given in and accepted her dad's love instead of being bitter and angry forever. Which I think is crap given that she was in love with someone else, she turned Felix's dad down, and then he went to her father to ask for her hand anyway. Even if his intention wasn't for her father to lock her in her room for four months until she agreed to marry him, he still clearly wanted him to coerce her into it. Disregarding her explicitly stated desires isn't indicative of a great love, it's indicative of covetousness and a desire to possess. While there is no excuse or justification whatsoever for the abuse she inflicted on Felix because of this, I personally feel that Felix's DAD was lucky she didn't murder him in his sleep. Having her lifelong derision was no less than he deserved for causing the entire situation in the first place.

Other than that, however, this book is massively enjoyable.