I wasn't a fan of the first book in this series, Bully, but I saw the cover for this and instantly wanted to read it. Why? Because look at him. I have a weakness for pretty boys...and pretty covers. It wasn't until after I'd read a few pages that I realized this was actually part of the same series. And what I disliked about Bully was rampant in this latest installment by Penelope Douglas. Flat, irredeemable characters, contrived drama for drama's sake and a story with so many roller coaster rides it got tiring before I'd even hit 25%. 
 But I had to see how it played out, so I'll admit that I skimmed the abundance of unnecessary details and sloughed my way through the entire thing. I kept hoping (like I usually do with books that don't grab me in the first ten pages) that it would get better. That one of them would do something to change my opinion of them, but nope. Now that I'm finished, I still don't like Juliet or Jax. 
 Juliet, to me, was weak. Which okay, characters need flaws, I get that there needs to be something that needs fixed, but I really didn't see any character growth from her at all other than the change of her name. She continued to return to assholes who treated her like shit and laid herself at their feet like a big fat doormat. 
 The biggest asshole? Jax. 
 He was the quintessential bad-boy. Tall, gorgeous, pierced...and a complete dickwad. And don't get me wrong, I love me a jerkface turned sweetheart--if it's done well. But Jax never hit sweetheart status. He tipped the scales at rapey in some scenes, and that just...nope. I wasn't impressed at all with his volatile attitude, constant name calling and overall abrasive behavior toward the girl he was supposed to be in love with. 
 The endless up and down of this rollercoaster became tiresome and annoying, it was fight fight drama drama fingerbang drama drama oh let's have sex fight fight drama tears sex sex I love you fight drama fight sex I'm not good enough for you fight fight drama let's go to New Zealand! 
 I wish I could say I'd found the next great NA book, but for me, this one wasn't even close.