This one is an age-gap, holiday romance between a burnt-out
lawyer (burnt out lawyers, actresses and writers seem to be big favourites in
lesfic) and a surfing instructor.
Jenna, a divorce lawyer from New York City has been asked to
take time off, after putting in way too many hours to become partner. Her
friend, Nina, who owns a bar at a beach is fortuitously going on a vacation to
Europe and asks Jenna to house-sit. Hayley is a surfing instructor carefully
squirreling away money to start her own surf school. She is suddenly hit with
an impossible-to-meet raise in rent and is almost homeless – till Jenna offers
to share Nina’s apartment with her. They are attracted to each other, but Hayley
doesn’t do casual and Jenna is scheduled to leave in three months. They both
get onto a dating app to avoid getting involved with the other – but end up
finding each other on the app too.
We liked the premise but the writing is too sophomoric. There
isn’t much depth to the characters or the relationship. And try as we might, we
just couldn’t feel the chemistry.
At best, this is average (or a little less than).
⭐⭐☆
