2020 Review: Totally predictable, which is exactly what I needed right now. Not heavy on the romance, tw for sexual assault. I have a minor issue with the way something is revealed, but just based on real-world expectations - for the purposes of the story it was fine. 

If you're someone who dabbles in romance, but isn't totally into it, this has enough going on in terms of other plot and characters. The writing lost me on a sentence-by-sentence basis a few times, hence the 4 stars, but I loved the reading experience overall.

2022 Re-read: Enjoyed it basically as much as I did the first time around. It is technically better than the earlier McFarlane books, you can really feel her style progression here. I just feel so connected to some of Georgina's struggles with her family and with herself. I love how Lucas processes and understands what happened when they were 18 (it could have been so poorly done but McFarlane wrote that so well). I do think the way they got together in the end was kind of silly, drawn out a little when it didn't need to be. But overall I just like this a lot.