This was a friends to lovers romance with some darker themes explored towards the ending. The story starts off pretty quickly with both leads waking up married in bed in Las Vegas. They decide to keep their drunken unplanned marriage a secret from Thea's brother, Cade. Despite starting off the romance quickly, you can tell by the way Thea and Xander interact and tease each other that they know each other very well. The relationship does not feel rushed. In fact, it feels more like they are just finally giving a romantic relationship a shot after being friends for a very long time and fighting their attraction to one another. The story does not have a misunderstanding trope if that is something that you dislike. Instead, there is a great exploration of family relationships. The themes of domestic abuse and child abuse are explored. I felt the ending was very cathartic and gave space for a lot of healing. The side characters are also pretty well developed. This book is the second in a series but can be read as a standalone (which is how I read it). The platonic relationships in the story are well developed and you get to know all of the other characters really well, which is impressive because that can be hard to do within 350 pages or so. I appreciated how accessible it was for me as someone who has not read any of the other books in the series. If this book encompasses tropes you like and the triggers noted here are something you think you can tolerate, I would recommend it.