A great follow up to How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win a Wager. This time I knew to expect a deeper story than the title might suggest, and I was surprised at how much it continues the overarching plot from the first book. Like many romance series, the books can technically work as a standalone and the main characters from the previous book will make a cameo at best, but I think the context and running threat/mystery of the pharmaceutical company ties these together a bit more closely than usual. 

I adored Justin, and I found myself relating to Clementine to a level that caught me off guard. I don't think I've read such an overt depiction of

demisexuality

before, and the combination with an

autistic/OCD sort of neurodivergence

made his painful yet relatable experiences doubly impactful for me. 

This book is a little more explicit in the spicy scenes than the previous book, and the ending feels like a bit more of a cliffhanger as well. I'll probably pick up the 3rd book much sooner than I did the 2nd, but me following up with a series at all is a pretty high compliment considering how easily I will bail after a first book, even when I liked it.