The beginning of this book was so good! The academic rivalry trope is top tier! Alice is such a determined workaholic (I can relate lol) and Henry is so good at everything without even trying. The fact that Henry doesn't even realize that Alice hates him because to him the competition between them is just a fun little game while to her she has to work herself half-to-death just to match him -- it's just *chef's kiss*

The end of the book is so unhinged though. There was definitely a more appropriate climax to the story than an actual KIDNAPPING. Everything else was somewhat grounded in reality but then it just went off the rails.

I also would have like the wealth of the setting to show a little more. We're constantly told that Alice is in a different tax bracket than her peers but we're only ever shown Alice's lack of wealth, never the wealth of her peers. If the love interest, Henry, is going to be the obscenely wealthy and powerful heir to a tech empire, the readers should at least get to see that obscene wealth.