I really debated between 3 and 4 stars on this one. Helen and Matty are fine, not my personal faves in this universe, but I enjoyed seeing them fleshed out all the same. And I was eager for the continuing plot threads here, but overall it just dragged. Much too long a story and I think sticking with the POV of just the two characters here was a detriment to the overall storyline. That’s actually true of this subseries in general. I almost think it could have worked better spreading the romance/POVs out across the books in order to better tell the story, sort of like CM Nascosta’s Girls Weekend books. Don’t get me wrong, I still love this series, but I’m excited to get back to the Risdaverse stuff.