I love this series, so don't get me wrong. But this book just didn't work for me. There wasn't any true conflict. Paul wasn't really in the book to cause havoc, so what little conflict this created felt whatever. The conflict with the dying father was left unexplored. Obviously from the start of the book (prologue) we knew the couple would get together and stay together, and the journey on the pages felt a bit forced and drawn out. I enjoyed them as a couple, but I started questioning why I was reading mediocre, everyday events of their lives instead of the highlights and lowlights. 
 Another issue for me, no matter how masculine one of the couple may be, he is rendered to act just as Aaron did in the first book. Nothing wrong with that, but it's stereotypical to assume just because you are the bottom that you have a feminine flair to your personality, especially when in books prior there was no such flair written for this character. & previous manly main characters are now speaking with the same flair when they crop up in the storyline. I missed the 'bro' feel they had previously when it was changed to a 'girlfriend' feel. 
 I look forward to reading more of this series, and more by this author.