This is my second book by K.K. Allen, and I was just as blown away this time! I was pulled into the story right away, the characters grabbed me, the story, all of it. Jami and Vi had the perfect best friend past, but it had been more than that. They had been each other’s firsts in so many ways that were so much more than just friends. And while it meant more to both of them, of course they both assumed it didn’t mean as much to the other one.

For me everything played out very realistically, without a lot of drama for drama’s sake, as well as no sudden changes of heart. The emotions had been buried deep in these two, and were always there, just waiting to come out and find the air they needed to catch fire and start their relationship back down the path it had diverged from one fateful night. The author doesn’t let us in on exactly what happened right away, or even in an info dump at any point. We’re given bits and pieces of the different moments in their path that connect the dots leading us to that pinnacle moment that broke them apart.

Even as much as her ex was a guy that I couldn’t stand for what he was doing, in the end the author made us be able to understand him, and give him some credit for being the man she’d fallen in love with at one time, who had also loved her. It made it so that he was again more realistic, and not just a villain. I mean, he had been one of Jami’s friends at one time, so there had to have been something redeemable at some point. And he was the father of her child, with a big amount of time for custody, so it was good to know he wasn’t just an evil jerk.

There was a cast of characters that I also hope to read more about. There were already two couples that I may need to look for their books, and I’ll also look forward to the other brothers getting their own stories at some point!

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.