I couldn't get into this one. I did finish it, but it was a hard read for me. Mallory drove me absolutely bananas. She's supposed to be super smart but in no way was she written as a smart character. We were told that she was smart, but never shown it. She was naive, daft and just basically couldn't ever pull her shit together. Anytime the slightest thing went wrong, she was out the door.

Will was okay. Maybe a little bland, but that could just be because everything else in this book was so over the top. I also didn't feel a connection between him and Mallory. Rather than rooting for Will and Mallory to get together, I found myself not really caring.

I still landed on a three star rating on this one, though. The writing was good. It's clear to see why Julia Kent is so popular with readers. And I loved the set up of the upcoming books. The interconnected series will tell the stories of Mallory's friends. I'm a huge fan of interconnected series, especially when we are given characters in the first book, and we actually get to know them a bit before their book. This one did a good job of introducing us to Perky (Persephone), Feisty (Fiona) and Hasty (Hastings)

So, while this one wasn't a win for me, it did impress me enough to keep going with the series.