5 "This is my last race" stars 
 I don't think that I can ever give anything less than a 5 star rating for anything that Douglas writes. Why? Even if it isn't my favorite book, it is 100% the most perfect way for the storyline to go. And Aflame is the perfect example of this. 
 I'm a die hard Bully fan, hell, I'm a die hard Penelope Douglas fan. I will automatically buy anything that she writes. I will follow her wherever she will go. I was hesitant going into this. I knew that she was going where I didn't want to follow, but I trusted her to do so. I didn't want to have to see Tate and Jared struggle again. To feel the hurt that I felt for them in the first 2 books. 
 What I started to realize was how simple their story was in comparison to Madoc and Jax's stories. When I was reading Bully, I was overwhelmed with the pain that Tate and Jared went through, but after reading Madoc and Jax's stories, Tate and Jared's did appear more juvenile. Yes, they struggled, they hurt, they forgave, but what the other 2 couples went through was so much deeper. I appreciate the fact that Douglas wanted Jared and Tate's story to live up to the other 2 as well. 
 This book took me 3 days to read. It's only 260 pages, that would normal take my 1.5-2 days to read. I just wasn't ready to let go of these characters. Not just Jared and Tate, but the whole crew. I loved how Douglas let the other characters shine through in this book. This wasn't just Tate and Jared, it was Fallon, Juliet, Madoc and Jax. Madoc will be forever one of my all time favorite characters. I loved him in this book. I loved his and Tate's relationship, how he was there fore her 100%, choosing her over Jared because she needed him more. 
 I talk about how Douglas ends her books like a perfectly wrapped present. This is another perfect example of that. These books will definitely stay with me for a long time. They will be tattered from re-reads and from being shared to my friends. They will be used, abused and loved.