@people finding the romance off/weird/unusual.
It's not just you, but it's also not everyone.
How you perceive this probably comes down to your experience and history with romance.
Whatever you've participated in, changes your ideals and beliefs in a relationship.
I can't pin your personal reasons down for you or be sure what the author's intent is, but I do believe that there's more than one way to do romance.
I will agree that if you're looking for the early-romance heart skipping experience, this isn't really for you. It is familiar and sugary for me, though.
However it is you feel about this, though, hopefully you can enjoy it. If not, tough luck, but cheers anyway.