This book was just "too much", as in there was too much going on. Let's see, we have: revenge plot, second chance romance. On it's own, I'm in. But we also have the asshole ex-boyfriend, Finn's drug addiction, Rissa's insecurities, Finn trying to bond with Luke, Finn dealing with his estranged dad and also dealing with his mom's cancer, etc. Again, just too much. None of the plots seemed well developed enough because we were jumping from one to the next too often.

I did like Rissa. My only complaint about her was that she let Finn treat her horribly. He's vowed revenge on her because she broke his heart. When they were teenagers. Like, the dude seriously needed to get over himself. Finn was a known flirt, and gave a lot of attention to other women. Then he enlisted in the military. Rissa, being a teenager, thought she wouldn't be enough for him. So she chose the "safe" choice, Andrew. Finn thinks she chose Andrew because of Andrew's money. Rissa gives him zero reasons to assume this. Andrew is rich, therefore that must be why Rissa chose him. I didn't much think that Finn deserved her after spending years thinking that she was a gold digger. While Rissa chose Andrew for stability, it didn't seem like it was about money. Again, there was no indication of this other than Finn's feelings.

Finn's revenge plot is to basically own Rissa. She has a cleaning company. He hires her company, giving her a job that her company really needs. He then does childish things like put women's underwear and condoms out for her to find. Then he runs completely hot and cold with her, playing with her emotions. But the final straw for me was when he does something that would literally cost her her business, and then he's just like "oops. my bad" and she fucking forgives him! His revenge against her would have also caused her two business partners to lose their business. And he is supposed to have done all of this research on Rissa, so one has to assume he also knows that she employees people who really need a job. She tells him early on how she tries and help people and that some of her employees are struggling, single moms. And the dude is just like "fuck those people who need this job. I've got money and my high school girlfriend broke my heart, so they can all suffer."
Yes, Rissa points this out to him one time, but then just easily forgives him.

I just couldn't get behind this "hero". Which sucked. This book has been out for a long time, and it's sat on my Kindle for nearly as long. I'm trying to read my backlog this year, and I was excited to get to this series. I'm hoping the next few will be more of a win for me.