Can't stop thinking about how much this plot irritated me. The main character and his love interest are clearly unhealthy for each other, but I love an unrealistic fictional turnaround, so I was willing to hang on, but the problem is never solved despite the characters fully pretending it is. It feels like the writer was dropping all these obvious plot points to lead up to a big argument where both characters spill all, but all they did was shout that they love each other and all is solved? What about the rampant jealousy that they never talk about? Or the main character toying with the love interest's emotions by constantly flirting with others? Or the fucking assault? The main character decides halfway through the book that the problem between them is that he doesn't know what they are to each other, but it's so obvious that that isn't the problem, it makes me want to tear my hair out.

Changing this from 2 to 1 star. I know this is the first in a series, but don't pretend the issue is resolved by the end of book 1 if it clearly isn't.