Wasted potential. That's the best way I can describe this book. This book had everything it needed to be a great book. It just wasn't executed well.

I loved Vicky and Will from the first book. And authors always get a bonus from me when they write an interconnecting book in the series where we already know both MCs. So, starting out, I was psyched.

The problem is that Vicky and Will are supposed to have a past, but their entire past revolves around Damien and Fiona, from the first book. Every interaction we see between Will and Vicky is their reaction to a Damien/Fiona scene. It's basically Vicky getting pissed off at Damien for treating Fiona like shit, and then Will telling Vicky to stay out of it. That's 99% of their past relationship. Will and Vicky don't even seem to be the MCs in their own story.

And, dear god, did I get tired of reading Vicky think about how fucking amazing Fiona is. It seemed really unnecessary and made it seem like Vicky had no personality, aside from being Fiona's best friend.

We find out that Will had apparently always liked Vicky. While he was screwing every girl in his high school, he really wanted Vicky. I am beyond over male characters being with tons of women, while they are apparently pining over the girl they really want. It's both overdone and sometimes insulting to men. Not all men think with their dicks.

Vicky, however spent her last few years in high school with an off and on again bf. The bf cheated on her, and she stayed with him. Mainly because he was the first guy she had sex with, and I guess she thought it better to stay with a scumbag than to break up with him. Everyone knew they had sex. She didn't want to be seen as "easy" or some bullshit like that. In the first book, we are led to believe Vicky is this badass, independent woman. Even in the flashbacks, she's supposed to be badass enough to stand up to Damien, but she can't tell her cheating bf to take a hike?

Will is also pretty pathetic, though, so I guess maybe they are perfect for each other. He completely let Damien dictate his life. He never stands up to Damien. He wants Vicky, knows her bf is a cheater, but just does nothing about it.

Vicky and Will meet again in the first book. Will, being Damien's best friend (again, I'm not sure why. Damien is pretty awful to him) is attending a work party that Damien is bringing Vicky to. He has Damien make sure that the only way Vicky is going to the party is if it is as Will's date. Yet, Will even lets Damien make it sound like Damien is the one ordering this. He doesn't even stand up and say that it was because he ordered it. Nope. Again, he lets Damien have all of the control.

But the thing I really hated about Will was how he let Damien be mean to Vicky. For years, Damien and Vicky butted heads because of how Damien bullied Fiona. But Will always stands back and allows it. Even when Damien is with Fiona, and Fiona runs out on him, Damien calls Will and Vicky, because he knows they are together that night, and he's furious. This would have been a great time for Will to grow a backbone and show us that he deserved Vicky, but, as usual, it seems like he just cowers to Damien.

As for Vicky, she's a bit wishy-washy on being with Will. I could understand the way she acted in the beginning. After she and Will spend the night of the party together, Vicky sees Will on his company page, and he's always with a woman. She, of course, doesn't confront him about this. Instead she ignores him. Once that problem is solved, they have the issue of them living on separate coasts.
Yep, that's the big obstacle here. A long distance relationship.

Honestly, I had looked so forward to this book. The first time I read Book 1 was about a year ago. I re-read it just because I wanted to read it before this one. But I wanted Vicky and Will's story. Unfortunately, this just didn't seem like we got that.