Things definitely took a turn for the cheesy, but for Courtney and Nicole, I'll allow it.

Final impressions:
• Sapphic rivals-to-lovers with over-the-top competitiveness and cuteness.
• Competitive sex Olympics!!! Lmao.
• I actually preferred the cute domestic scenes over the sex scenes this time around!
• The buildup from high school rivals to enemies with benefits is arguably the most enjoyable part of this book. Banter was great.
• Admittedly, once the feelings-beyond-sex were established (but not yet vocally professed), the enjoyability of the story took a slight dip, especially during the third-act breakup -

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which was a terrible case of miscommunication that felt supremely unnecessary.

• Speaking of the third-act breakup,

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the revenge plan (i.e. getting back at Griffin for causing their misunderstanding) felt really juvenile and anticlimactic.

• In hindsight, Nicole and Courtney were both annoyingly competitive, but they're such a great match for each other that I hardly cared. Plus, what works for them works for them, you know?
• If you're looking for an intensely steamy romance novel between two women, this is not the book for you.
• Instead, I'd recommend The Last to Leave if you're in the mood for a light, fluffy romance centering two grown-ass, albeit hilariously clueless, women falling in love and struggling to make sense of their feelings. Provided that you can pretend that the third-act breakup doesn't exist at all.

Recommended!