I wanted to like Liam and Sophie because I do like a friends to lovers trope, but they just didn't do it for me. And they especially didn't hold a candle to Noah and Maya. My favorite parts of this book were the scenes we got with Maya, and then Maya and Noah, and even Jax and Santiago. I looked forward to those and cringed whenever Liam and Sophie were together. First of all, Sophie tried way too hard to be "not like the other girls". We get it, you think you're special and unique. But in reality... you're not. Next, Liam and his "reformed playboy" ways. We get it, you slept with countless women and regret it and now one of them is coming back to haunt you and screw up your new thing and you don't like that. He was just full of himself, and not in a good way. Yeah, it was cool that was he was nerdy and smart but again, I think the author tried too hard to make him "special" and giving reasons aa to why Sophoe would fall for him, but if I were her, I'd be running in the opposite direction. He kept trying to manipulate her into a relationship, saying they have chemistry and that his sex will rock her world, but he just couldn't handle her rejection and only being friends which was super cringe. Plus, some of the dirty things he said? Not dirty, just plain weird and cringe too. Ugh. I had higher hopes. The only redeeming part was the epilogue and how they got their happily ever after AND us finding out that Noah and Maya had a baby boy. That's it. Sigh... hopefully books three and four of the series will be better.