•more spoilers than usual• 

I like West and I like Eli, and normally loving the characters even when I'm not vibing with the rest of the book is enough. But I felt like this was lacking a bit. 

This was probably one of the cheesiest stories I've read in a while, but in a cute way. Eli and West are all mushy, sweet, and kind, and I love their relationship dynamic. After they confess feelings, a lot of their relationship development takes place off page. Like they take a trip and we don't get one scene of West whisking Eli away on an adventure. Compared to the rest of the books in this series, there was a lot less spice too with mentions of things happening off page again. 

The whole concept is falling for your brother's rival. But when the conflict between it all played out it was very anticlimactic and open ended. We didn't get any scenes of West meeting the family, or an interaction between Eli, West, and Gray. And even in the epilogue it never mentions how West won them over or anything. 

The epilogue was very sweet and I might've teared up a bit. I also stand by the fact that Eli was nothing like how I expected him to be when we met him in book 1, before he got this kind of persona in book 2. I know Gray and the club get a series, and while I'm interested I'm a bit cautious after this 3 star series. 

Read if you like: 
• forced proximity 
• enemies to friends to lovers 
• found family