The shtick of this book is that Peter and Maria have an awkward one night stand, but then end up awkwardly starring with each other for six years acting as slow burn lovers stuck on an island on a hit TV show. This was a fun read overall; I think I enjoyed Maria being extremely self-aware as to her own needs for happiness, and her need to have and create community wherever she goes.

This book also amps up the silliness from previous books. There's Dolphy McBlowholeface the local dolphin, Swedish poop humor, a running gag about jars of pickled herring on hand at all times, and a fear of cows. Not that I need my romance novels to be srs bsns at all times, but I think this humor style (or quantity thereof?) didn't quite land for me.

One thing I have enjoyed about the whole series is all of the cast interactions with each other, and so in particular I really enjoyed the epilogue of this book, where the whole cast gets together to watch the finale air together. It hits home in a very "Mass Effect Citadel DLC party" way, where I feel like seeing all the characters interact together felt like a more satisfying send-off than even the end of the romance story proper.