I almost stopped reading this one, it was a little annoying. But I wanted to see what was up with Ashton. 
 3 years on and Livie is in Princeton. Her dream come true. Her future is mapped out. Find a perfect boy, graduate, go to medical school, cure children and live the perfect life...Except, that's the plan as it stood when her parents died. Is it really all that she wants? And that perfect guy whose everything she's thought she's ever wanted is housemate to the guy of her dreams. Or he would be if he'd stop sleeping with every girl who crosses his path... 
 I didn't feel this one was as well written as the first. The curse of the sequel? Who knows. There seemed to be less detail in the character work. The main two had some substance to them, the others were just a little backgroundy. Especially Connor. These characters didn't get as much air time as the ones in the first book. This could have been because Livie paid less attention to those around her, especially her boyfriend? Hmmm. And of course the old favourites were there, though often only in passing, including the good old PTSD doctor that sorted out her sister and boyfriend. Now he's moved onto Livie, because despite her seemingly held together appearance, there's a torn up soul. Of course. 
 I'm not sure if some of this girls issues are intentional or the way she was written. 
 I did want to know about Ashton, though, not at first and I almost gave this book up as a following-the-pattern-sequel, meaning that it was similar to the first book or trying to hard to not be. 
 This author seems to be psychologist happy. And while more people need to talk than perhaps should and a lot of stigma is attributed to seeing a therapist, I believe not everyone needs to talk.