All That Really Matters by Nicole Deese 3.5 stars rounded up

[Karin]

3.5 stars rounded up

Molly Mackenzie is an online influencer in beauty and fashion who is in a relationship with her manager when she contacts her twin brother to connect her with a charity so she can do some volunteer work. Her reasons are wrong--her boyfriend/manager says it will help her land an audition for a TV show--but she ends up staying for better reasons. Silas runs the place (yes, it's obvious from the get-go that Molly's manager boyfriend isn't good relationship material) but initially rejects Molly's application to volunteer because he is careful about who he gets to work with the 22 18-21 year old former foster children who are transitioning to adulthood after they age out of the system.

Yes, it's a romance and I'm giving it 4 stars, which is high for me in this genre. Even though at first Molly really doesn't seem deep, her character growth was believable. Also, the secondary characters are developed and not just extras thrown in to buoy up the romance.