I can’t believe I managed to finish this book - I wanted to quit several times. The male character is so mentally unhealthy and obsessive it brought to mind how a serial rapist or killer might think - his aggressiveness and overconfidence followed by intense insecurity, his confusion about his actions, his justifications, his self-talk... all so screwed up. NOT sexy or hot in a male character, no matter how many muscles he has. And the sex scenes feel anything but sexy, especially the farther in you read. They start off hot but quickly derail into uncomfortable and then just disturbing. Acting out faux rape scenes... ok, maybe, if pretending to fight off a guy is your thing... but the descriptions of the acts just seem somewhere between painful to physically damaging. I kept waiting for them to notice her bleeding at the end of every sex scene. And it will take a long time to get the awful image of the “impaling” scene, where he finally shows his “true self,” out of my head. Ugh - awful.

Lucy has graduated and is ready to start her adult life. Her brother sends his friend to pick her up from school and Lucy decides to lie to him and pretend that she is someone else. Matt is reluctant to interact with anyone because of his past, but this girl has his heart beating and his mind racing. Lucy has a very fun loving easy way and her humor with Matt is great. Even though this is part of a series it can be read as a standalone. Very good read!

A really fantastic 5 star read! It is a book that I have re-read often. You will love all the characters as they are funny and relatable. You can't help but to fall in love with the story and Matt!

The book itself is really good. However, all the pages jump around and are all mixed up so I can't read from one page to the next. This is the only book so far that I've seen it happen to.

Absolutely amazing! Characters were all so likable. The story was funny and entertaining, and I loved watching their story unfold. Loved it!!!

Tessa Bailey delivers another scorcher with Matt and Lucy's story! A roller coaster ride of emotions. You will laugh, you will cry, and it will leave you breathless and hot! A must read! GET A FAN!