the romance in this book consists of the forbidden, brother’s best friend, first love, second chance romance, and miscommunication tropes. in addition, it’s also a slow burn romance filled with angst and the chemistry build up was pretty good. however, i found the slow burn too slow for my own preference.

i enjoyed the story— especially the first half. but, after the second half, i found myself losing interest. i wasn’t much interested in colm— liv’s brother— in the story; and i hated how he played such a huge role in their relationship— causing them miscommunication. i wasn’t a huge fan of ford in the end as well, i liked him more in the first half. he did have a huge character development, but wasn’t as huge as liv’s character development; it really threw me off.

so far, this isn’t my fav book in the series, but i’ll still continue to read the next book; for i’m almost done with the series.