I wish this book had about three fewer side plots so we could have spent more time with Blackwood and Alice. It felt very scattered - what was the main conflict? Worbury? The terrible school? Alice and Blackwood being too busy to be married? Ripley not having his stuff together? Ultimately I really liked both Alice and Blackwood and wish Chase had refined this book a little more. Even if we didn’t get marriage in crisis like we were shown in the first two books, I would have enjoyed the story of these two falling in love and making a life together. It just really felt like this book needed a strong content edit and direction. All that said it was enjoyable, in a way, and the mains were great together. The dialog is funny and Alice is a great FMC, headstrong and fierce.