Under The Lights is the second book to Until Friday Night series. I'd have to give this book 3 stars. As much as the fact that it was not a disappointment, it wasn't as expected either. I'd love to see more of these characters. I just get the feeling that it wasn't supposed to end that way, there are more unresolved emotions and stories yet to be told. 
 Six years before, they were inseparable. Brady and Gunner were the only close friends that Willa had and every girl in Lawton wanted to be her and was envious of her being close to both of them. However, it was all changed when Willa had to move out of town to live with her mother. Years after, due to certain circumstances Willa had to go back to Lawton in hopes of healing herself and prove to her Nonna and Mother that she was more than they thought she'd be. 
 Brady 
 I was a good friend, and because I was a good friend I was going to leave and let him calm his shit. I can't help if all he wanted to do was take shots at me. I didn't give him this life. I was just trying to listen and be supportive. 
 Brady has the perfect family and loving parents that Gunner never had and Brady is hands down the most generous guy I've ever read in a book. Adding to the fact that typical high school boys are usually jerks to typical girls, excluding the heroine whom he would usually fall for. Ivy is not his girlfriend but she thinks she is and Brady, being the good guy, never had the heart to break hers knowing how she doesn't deserve it as much as how annoying she could be most of the time. He has eyes only for Willa, despite the fact that it seems almost impossible to have Willa, he did not give up until those last moments, and that is tbh, one of those things I love the most about Brady. 
 Gunner 
 If eyes could bulge out of your head until they appeared to be on the verge of popping out, his just did. And I laughed. Because that was truly the funniest shit I'd ever seen. 
 OH MY GOD BOY WAS I SATISFIED READING THAT SCENE!!!! Gunner had the worst father ever lived, and God forbid, if I ever was to be in his position, I'd run away far from Lawton, and in his case it was unfortunate, seeing how he did not have anywhere to go. Lawton was his home all his life, regardless home sweet home is probably not the way how Gunner felt about it. Loving parents and good upbringing that Brady has is one that he will never have. Seeing how the truth unfolds before my eyes, I tell you, I could never be satisfied reading any scenes from any books as much as I read this scene. It was everything I'd ever wanted it to end, in terms of Gunner's family matters. 
 I want more than that. I want you. I want to be able to kiss you anytime I want. I want to hold your hand in the halls. Hell, I want to be made fun of by the guys for wanting to be near you all the time. 
 Gunner probably is not the sweetest guy you ever met, but seeing how he'd grown to care and love Willa was all a girl could've ever dreamed of. He was not perfect, but he was almost perfect and that was more than enough. He's broken and Willa was the only one who could fix him and be there for him when no one else could as much as he did when they were younger. 
 Willa 
 Forgetting meant living, and was that ever fair? No. Nothing was fair. It never would be again. Just like nothing would ever be normal. Especially me. I was broken in ways that could never be fixed. My life would always have the shadow of pain, guilt, regret and loss. 
 Willa was not the typical girl in Lawton. All her life, she never tried anything to impress both Gunner and Brady, but both of them had feelings for her anyway. Even though she had feelings for Brady, she never showed it to him and she would still get all dirty with the boys without caring how she'd look and smell like in front of the boys. She's broken, but no one really knew her story behind all those smiles. She was never loved by her mother and like Gunner, all she ever wanted growing up was to have her mother's love. Nevertheless, she wasn't in the worst position as Gunner was as she had her Nonna by her side who was a mother to her when her real mother could never be one as she regarded Willa as merely one of her biggest mistakes, instead of her daughter. 
 (view spoiler)[This book has everything except a complete ending. As I mentioned before, there are too much unresolved stories and emotions left hanging. For instance, Brady never had the chance to tell Willa how much in love was he with her and there was never a scene of Brady calling it quits to Ivy even though he had planned to do so. Furthermore, Riley Young. Yes, she accused Rhett of raping her and as much as the fact that it was true, what does it mean by her saying "People prefer to weave lies and live in them."? It was like her saying she doesn't deserve to be hated as there were more truths than what they had already known and given the fact that it was found later how Rhett was as selfish as his father. I was expecting to have more Riley and her side of story. It was left hanging, and I don't feel very satisfied of the ending, to be honest. (hide spoiler)] 
 As much as I hated the ending, I still cannot say that it was a disappointment, cause apart from the ending, I love every single thing about this book, from its characters to the plot and its drama. As usual, Abbi Glines still remain as one of my favorite authors of all time!