A fantastic second installment in the Primas of Power series!

This book has everything: childhood friends to lovers, second chance romance, fake dating, only one bed, TWO BISEXUAL MAIN CHARACTERS!!, forced proximity, fanfiction, fan-your-face sex -- everything, folks.

And of course, because it's Alexis Daria, it's also beautifully written, well paced and plotted, diverse and inclusive (listen to the Fated Mates podcast about You Had Me At Hola for some really interesting discussion of bilingualism among children of immigrants), and that cover... that cover!!

I particularly love the fanfiction interludes; if you're looking for something a bit like Spoiler Alert before the second book comes out next month, this might scratch that itch for you.  This book is not an exact match for the series, but I can tell you I enjoyed it miles more than I did All the Feels.

Gabe in particular does a lot of work on himself in this book, which seems to be a through line for Dariaverse heroes.  I would have loved to know more about

the work his father has done on improving his personal relationship with masculinity, more out of curiosity than anything else.  I think the story suffers a bit for having no details (in particular, I would have loved to know that he went to therapy rather than seeming to rely on his daughter to understand toxic masculinity)

.  Truly, truly a delight, though, and I am dying for Ava's story.

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the ARC!