3 stars. Not a better story than the first, but there are a few more full sentences in the second. The relationship development was better than i've read in a lot of other books. That is really a plus. 
 One thing I couldn't stand in this book as well as the first was the repetitive use of the character's name in the span of a dozen sentences. We are NOT SLOW and can figure out which character your talking about after mentioning the name the first time. Doesn't always pop up, but when it does it is the eyelash in my eye.