The night we met

Let's get right into it: this boyfriend's-best-friend love triangle definitely veers towards fraught territory. Would you consider Larissa and Chris's relationship emotional cheating? Do you think the characters were justified in acting as they did? Does Jimenez pull off a satisfying romance using this trope?

What did you think of the female lead, Larissa? Did you sympathize with her economic anxiety and her troubled relationship with her mother? How do Larissa's financial pressures complicate her dating life?

What did you think of Larissa's boyfriend, Mike? Do you think he's a bad guy at heart? How does his untreated alcoholism impact his relationships with others?

What did you think of Mike's best friend, Chris? How does he cope with the grief of losing his mother and his feelings of isolation?

Why does Chris cover for Mike? Should he have? Did it help or make things worse?

Why doesn't Larissa break up with Mike sooner?

It's clear that Chris's love language is acts of service. How does he demonstrate his concern and care for Larissa?

Did you buy into the chemistry between Chris and Larissa? What makes them work as a couple?

Given the circumstances, this romance is a slow burn. How did you feel about the pacing of the novel?

What did you think of the ending and the conversation in the last chapter?

Did you appreciate Woofarine's antics, or did you want the dog to stop bringing dead animals home?!

Have you read any of Abby Jimenez's other books? If so, how does The Night We Met compare?

Jimenez has announced that the third book in this series will be Mike's story. Do you think he'll make a good protagonist? Will you read it?