Ramona Wilder is a famous rock star who wants out of the spotlight and a chance to be normal. Professor Nick Navarro is a college professor, who is trying to get back on his feet after his divorce. It’s a forbidden love because Ramona is Nick’s student. There is also a ten-year age gap. (Ramona is twenty-six and Nick is thirty-six.)

Ramona started out as a child TV star and then became a famous singer but she is burned out and wants to live a normal life and experience normal things.  Her parents had been managing her career since she started out as a child actor and aren’t happy when she quits the business because they no longer have her income. Her mom is awful and Ramona cuts off communication with them and settles into her home in LA with her cat. She also hired a trainer and they go hiking together. She enrolls at UCLA and wants to take classes while she decides what to do next. She struggles at first to get used to college, especially learning to manage her time to get all of her reading and homework done. She falls behind in Nick’s class but doesn’t like it when he suggests she take an easier class. She wants to prove to him that she can do it. A few weeks later they are having fun sending flirty messages to each other and soon things get complicated and steamy.

On reflection they decide it’s better if they are just friends for now. He hasn’t dated in years and she offers to show him how to date if he will show her how live normal and do normal fun things. They go to a Clippers game and he brings her to meet his family for the holidays. I wished they had waited until she wasn’t in his class anymore before they got together (especially considering he was up for tenure). She has some trauma from her younger days (which is sad) and her fame to deal with but I loved that there is no third act break up and there’s a lot of fun banter between them which had me grinning. It’s also fun to see her make new friends.