promising story idea, it interested me more than the other 2 books in this series, but it ended up being so... bleh. not a bad story at all, just very typical with unnecessary drama and unrequited lust passing off as angst. the male POV seems a little forced, like the author was trying too hard to make the hero sound like a dudebro. he annoyed me and reminded me of a college fratboy. theres just all these descriptions of how the main characters want each other so much and lust after one another. one of the reasons why i never got into any of tessa bailey's books. she's a fine writer i guess, and i expected this book to be the one tessa bailey book i'd like but... hmm. i can see others enjoying the book and the author's writing, so i'd still recommend it even if it didn't do anything for me.