I got the first book during the one of the Stuff Your Kindle Days. I didn’t mind the first one and I was looking forward to the second one and was wondering how it was going to be done. I wanted more and I felt like it was more of Alex and Elijah’s story than Seth and Josie’s story.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Seth Stewart and when tragedy strikes, he is forced to return home after the death of his beloved father. The unexpected detour forces him to oversee the family’s auto ship and the restaurant business, and Seth must kiss the prestigious internship goodbye after his first year at Berkeley Business School. When he collides with his first crush after his arrival, Seth wonders what possibly could have happened to Josefina Anders. The second point of view is Josie Anders, and she has hidden many secrets she is too ashamed to share with anyone, especially Seth. When they cross paths again, the urge to relive their past lingers in her mind even though she knows he couldn’t accept her sketchy past. Things get more complicated when her mother returns, as well as her overly possessive ex, who decides to crash into her fragile existence all over again. Will Seth’s connection for Josie be strong enough to see past her secrets, or will he realise he can’t rekindle an old flame? 

I still adore this friendship group, and I feel like we got to see them more. I liked that Lexy was completely pissed at Seth without knowing anything and just being a girl’s girl. I still adore Elijah, and I love that he calls Seth’s bullshit out, too bad he couldn’t call his own bullshit out in his own book. Same with Seth. I liked the discussion of grief and the effects of abuse. I liked how it showed several points of view from grief from the community to Seth’s mum and how she wasn’t really dealing with it and Seth’s older brother was running away from the issue.  

There was a lot of Alex and Elijah from the proposal and them just being cute and sweet together. Why are we seeing more of them than Seth and Josie? Like we get it, we’ve read about it. Like Elijah just repeats everything that happened in the last book when talking to Seth and every time they are together it’s just oh, they’ve been through hell. Those 70-80 pages could have been used to build more tension or Elijah, Lexy or Seth noticing that someone was making Josie uncomfortable. I would have liked more to happen to Brad, I felt like that was very rushed. I think I'm starting hate friends-to-lovers unless the story shows them growing up, the flashbacks were confusing me because it was like they were having a conversation and then one of them would start into space and boom here are Josie and Seth from 6th grade, like what? The storyline was sort of slowed-paced and then it was like boom, third act conflict, and all hell breaking loose from Brad being around.  

Like with the last book, I wanted more. I still have more questions.