MACARONS. THEY ARE MACARONS.

I came back for book two, like a masochist, and dragged myself through it. There was so little relationship development and actual time spent together between Callie and Des which was an utter disappointment because that's what I loved about book one.

There was a lot of politics and a lot of strutting about playing with political powers, and some back story on Des, but it was all very meh. And like book one, the end just happened. That was it. Little build up, little explanation, VERY LITTLE closure.

Also, so many stereotypes about black women in this. Temper is sassy, swears a lot, addresses Callie as "bitch" or "girl" more often than her name, and uses excessive amounts of slang. It was a lot. Temper's character is not explored beyond these stereotypes.

Final reaction is still eh. I will not be continuing this series.