Lauren Asher did it again and it was only me being very picky that stopped it from being a 5 star. I was nervous going in as normally I would say a contemporary romance should not be close to 500 pages, let alone 600 pages. However, this was so well paced and there was so much depth to the characters that it felt like it needed to be as long as it was. This was emotional from the beginning, with everything going on with Nico and then when you add Rafael and Ellie’s backstories it just had me feeling all the emotions all the time. I think because of the emotional start, the ending didn’t have as much impact as it just wasn’t as emotional as the start. I loved how well paced the romance was. I can be hit or miss when it comes to slow burn romances but this just made sense as they both had things they needed to deal with and get over before coming together and when they did it just felt like they then worked together to heal those final bits, which was perfect. There wasn’t a lot of spice and it was so well done that it felt like just the right amount. Overall, I think this was the best Lauren Asher book I have read to date and it has also got me excited for the next boom in the series as it has set up the romance just enough in this book to make it intriguing.