We definitely had quite the shocker of a surprise at the end of book one, Keeping You Away. While it wasn’t quite as anxiety inducing as some of the other duets I’ve read by this author, it definitely had me eagerly awaiting book two. And as I read this one, I kept waiting to see what those people you knew just weren’t done being the bad guys were going to do.

Without giving anything away I have to say that there were some twists and turns in this one that I totally did not see coming! The story kept you guessing and when you find out what has really happened, it’s like bam! You’re smiling, you’re so glad how everything was able to work out in the end. And it wasn’t just the love story that got wrapped up. There were pieces from Liam and Maddie’s story as well we got to see all wrapped up as neat as can be. But man, Gemma’s ex-fiancee was really a piece of work. I know that next we’ll probably be getting Gemma’s brother Noah’s story, and I’m definitely eager for that. Getting chances to kind of meet him in this book, as well as the introduction to his story at the end was perfect.

Now, I will admit the end of this dragged out a tiny bit for me, and so I did mark it down to a 4.5 on my blog for that, but will round it up everywhere I am unable to give half star ratings, because the issue I had may not be something everyone else notices.

Review first appeared on Lisa Loves Literature.