I'll be honest, the beginning of this book pissed me off so much. Like why would you keep from your girlfriend that your ex - with whom you've had a pretty serious and long relationship with - is now your classmate again and has been trying to push herself into your life, and clearly not in a friendly way. I get it that nothing was happening between them but in Layken's shoes I would have wanted to know from the beginning, I'd have probably freaked out like she did. I saw where Layken was coming from right off the bat, and in their circumstances, after hearing what Vaughn said, which by the way would make total sense, I'd have doubted the foundations of their relationship because her doubts make total sense. 
 I think Will suddenly became more immature in the sequel and Layken turned into the mature one. I was happy for Layken's character development, but Will's threw me off a bit. He either acted like a kid or tried to sound intimidating to get across his point when he just had to stop and calm down most times. In this book he was effusive, I don't know if due the previous barrier in their relationship but I'll assume that's the reason. He was all over Layken all the time, he didn't have something of his own anymore, something that wasn't intrinsically connected to her. I won't even comment on the times he referred to manipulating Layken so light-heartedly, even if it was mean as a joke or something, you shouldn't want to manipulate the person you love. 
 The car crash made my heart crumble, I mean wasn't it enough that they both lost their parents - Will's in a car crash - they had to go through the chance of losing someone else again? My hear broke for Kel, it was so hard to read those chapters. 
 I thought the marriage was a bit hasty, they'd been dating for little over a year, Layken was just nineteen, feels too young. I might have a different view on this matter because I always second guess high school sweethearts that marry right after graduation and they felt a little bit like that. On the other hand, a lot was taken from them at a very young age so I probably would have taken that step too if I knew it in my heart that it was the right decision. I think they should've waited but I can see why they didn't. 
 When Gavin was hesitant about having the baby and Kiersten told him that it was Eddie's body, that she was the one that would have to carry the baby and basically accuse him of being the one responsible for it I wanted to hit her. I'm a feminist so I'll have to disagree with her. Yes Eddie does have a saying in this, her opinion should weight a little more than Gavin because she's the one carrying the child, but completely disregard Gavin's opinion on the matter is not feminism because it's not equality. They are both equally responsible for getting pregnant, he didn't rape her, he didn't force himself on her, she had sex with him because she wanted. While a condom is the best way to go - and there's female condoms too - there's also the pill and a dozen other contraceptives in the market, they were both reckless. So they should both have a say in the matter and they should make the decision together, having a kid so young it's a serious one. 
 I feel Caulder was immensely overlooked in this book, while in the hospital Will barely took a second look at his brother. While I understand that Kel needed more support, I don't think it's fair for Caulder to be neglected by Will, he's a kid and he should have got a little bit more of his older brother's attention. He saw his parents die, he was in the car accident, being in a second one and seeing Layken being taken to the ambulance, no news for hours, he must have relieved the moment in some way and he needed his brother there for him too. 
 I did like the first one more, a lot happened on this sequel and some of the character's decisions made me want to hit them. I want to know what happens to Layken, Will, Kel, Caulder, Eddie and Gavin, so on to the last installment!