Tate moves in with her brother and meets his friend and neighbor Miles. She's attracted to him, but he seems very standoffish. Her brother thinks Miles is gay and he admits that he hasn't had sex in six years - huge red flags, so of course Tate falls for him. He won't share anything about his past and tells her she can't depend on him for a future, but they can have lots of no-strings attached sex. Tate agrees (someone needs to smack her upside her head), thinking she can handle it and ignoring all the red flags. 
 I love most of Ms. Hoover's books, but this one was a disappointment. While Miles is very attractive, he's so damaged that Tate stay far, far away. She's going to graduate school for nursing and also working, seems very practical, and I couldn't fathom why she would stick with him knowing from the beginning that he was going to break her heart. 
 Most of the story happens very slowly which just made me wonder all the more why Tate was so weak. Her POV alternates with Miles's backstory which honestly was sad, but written as if a teenage girl was journaling in weird haikus and poetry. It was so overwrought that it made it hard to sympathize with Miles. 
 The ending happens very abruptly and predictably. This story was just not one that I enjoyed that much.