** spoiler alert ** 
 SPOILER WARNING. 
 I'm not sure whether I'm upset with the story, or whether I'm more upset at myself for seemingly suddenly becoming overly critical of stories. 
 I like the story. I adored the characters. Everything was perfect - in the first half. It was a slow and mesmerizing tale of reclamation and affirmation. The POV was a bit annoying because of the head-hopping that occasionally had me scratching my head attempting to figure out whom which pronoun addressed, but I was willing to overlook that for the compelling story build-up. 
 And then I started noticing things that completely took me out of the story and ruined the whole initial setup that I wanted to love all the way through. Kaden's psychosomatic issues of lust causing shame were never dealt with - they just disappeared suddenly. Franklin just suddenly reappears for some stupid reason (and I was even expecting it, but not for such a stupid, forced reason as was given), and then the appearance and removal of Becca. 
 After all of that, I was left with the impression that the author had an ending in mind and then had no idea how to get there. The ending felt forced and rushed compared to the beginning of the story, and what started so promisingly ended so weakly. 
 There are few stories that I've ever been this critical of before. I can't tell whether I've read so many that I've finally become jaded and picky, or whether I hit the nail on the head. *sigh* I wanted this story to be so much more than I felt it ended with. I want to give it higher marks because it started so well, and that's why I'm splitting the difference with three stars instead of dropping to two.