3.5 stars rounded up. I really liked the way this book bucked traditional romance and marriage tropes and focused on Declan and Sidney building a relationship that made sense to them, even if it didn't always make sense to the rest of the world. They are both very unique and likable characters in their own right and their strengths and weaknesses played off each other in an intriguing way. This book is very sex positive so I was a little surprised that it's fade to black, but I didn't mind it necessarily. I will say that Declan often came across as much less mature than his 28 years, and I felt that way about some of the other characters as well — at times I felt like I was reading about college or even high school students and not adults on the cusp of 30.