4.5 stars 
 Jace and Alexa have been best friends since they meet in high school, his sophomore year, her freshman. They spent three years as best friend, each harboring secret feelings towards the other, until Jace announces that he has stronger feelings for her, and he's leaving for the army the next morning. Through a series of mishaps, 10 years pass before they see each other again. In the meantime, Jace has seen four deployments as an explosive ordinance disposal team member, and Alexa has been married and widowed. 
 Alexa is healing from the loss of her husband. She is still living in the house they shared, with his photos and mementos surrounding her. After Jace comes back into her life, I was fascinated by her process of letting her husband go for good. She has a lot to come to terms with as far as what it means that he is gone and what that means for her future. She never came off as overdramatic or needy, rather she was so determined to not lean on anyone with her grief at that point that she had stalled in the healing process. 
 Jace shocked everyone when he left for the Army after graduation. When he returns from Basic Training to find Alexa's family has moved and she has apparently moved on from him as well, it sends him reeling as he has to return for his first duty assignment. His ability to push Alexa towards healing while also respecting that she had to move on her own time showed amazing patience. He continually amazed me that he would be so willing to wait and sit in a state of limbo about their status for so long. 
 Ignite started off great. This is a second chance romance with chemistry that picks up right where the characters left off in high school. There were a couple parts where things slowed down for me, but for the most part I was engrossed while reading this. 
 As a second chance romance, it had the potential to lean too heavily on the memories of the couple, but Ignite had the perfect mix of memories to add to the present day story. One of the best aspects of the past parts of the story is that they were often included as the characters reminiscing with each other or filling those around them on what happened. It was a natural blending of the two time periods and situations. 
 Alexa's sister Sierra serves as the comedic relief throughout the story, and between her, her husband, Jace's high school best friend, and the rest of their families, there were plenty of laughs to break up the serious moments. 
 I loved the cast of characters throughout this book. Both characters are well established within their own circles, and blending their locations, friends, and lives was a great show to watch. We are briefly introduced to Knox, about whom the next book will focus, and from the brief bits we learned about him here, I am very much looking forward to his story. 
 Thanks to Tessa Teevan for providing me an arc in exchange for an honest review.