Overall I enjoyed reading this book, I did have a really hard time especially with the first few chapters with wondering what happened between the book (then) and the prologue (now)

still don’t have an answer

it really overshadowed being able to just take in the story for me. The MMC’s were both really intriguing with wanting to understand them and infuriating with their non answers to things. The FMC really felt true to her age (this was annoying at times but understandable) and her upbringing. I really enjoyed that the FMC was able to let go of the “parental” role she had taken on and be more carefree; also that she was finally able to start to learn about herself. I enjoyed the spicy scenes once they started up, the lake was an interesting one. The ending left me wanting to jump into book 2.