DNF.

I actually haven't read the first book (didn't realize this was a sequel when I picked it up, though it became pretty obvious once I started — a lot of things were casually skimmed by in that "you know what I'm talking about, we've covered this in the previous book" way), but I have a feeling that wouldn't improve the experience.

My first big complaint was the way Dom and her best friend (who, by the way, is the incarnation of the "I don't know why we're friends but I'm so lucky we are! She's prettier and boys like her more than me" trope) ditch each other for guys. No, having a boyfriend should not make your best friend your "second choice." That's not how healthy relationships work.

Totally minor detail, but I really disliked the part where Guy dismisses all the other premed students as "in it for money or prestige, or come from medical families" whereas Dom is the "real deal." As someone who comes from a kind of medical family myself, I resent the implication that such a background makes our pursuit of medicine somehow less valid. Sure, we may have an outside inclination, even an advantage, but that doesn't mean we don't have to work for it. (Whew, this was a lot to write for a throwaway compliment, but there you have it.)