This was flat boring and with very little character development. The first book was electric, good pace and great storyline. I hope, that the third installment will see the brilliance return. It doesn't actually fully go into many characters stories and again I feel like we get into one part of the storyline only for it to go nah, I'm bored now let's do something else. I read the author's note at the back where she says this book is basically everyone's backstory, but even that doesn't wash for me. It felt like the story was janky, it didn't flow very well. What happened?! It was like the author got bored of her own storyline? Intimate scenes on what feels like every other page, I got really bored to be honest and struggled to finish it, which is not common for me. It was well written, the romance built well, the story was engaging and interesting and the intimate scenes were brilliant.
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