I don’t even know if I have coherent words right now but here we go lol I LOVE ILYA & SHANE SO MUCH IT HURTS 🥰🥺🥰🥺🥰🥺 first of all, I am very much not ready to be done with this series and I already want to reread over and over! This book was very different from Heated Rivalry but it still had the same heart and humor and intensity that pulled me into Shane & Ilya’s story so fast in the first place! I think a huge aspect of this book was how well mental health of handled! Ilya’s story has always been wrapped around mental illness because of his mom but this is the first time we really saw how it effected him and oh god was it heartbreaking and had me sobbing multiple times throughout the book. But it was also so important that even after everything was out in the open and he had every reason to be happy, his depression was still there. I think so often stories with mental health storylines make it to where everything just magically get better once you fall in love or reach your goals or have any other reason to be happy, but that’s not realistic, even if it sucks. And I think it’s so important to show that everything doesn’t just magically go away when good things happen because that’s how real life works! I especially loved being able to see how steadfast Shane’s love for Ilya is! I was also heartbroken for what Shane went through with his team after they were outed. It was awful and I’m so glad he was able to find a place on the Centaurs 🥰 and don’t even get me started on the wedding, my heart was exploding 🥺🥰 

I’m sure I’ll have much more to say about this book and series but for now, I’ll just leave it at this 🥰