4 out of 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I love how fast paced this story is. Easily reached 50% in two days. I couldn't put the book down and got giddy whenever I picked my tablet up to read it. I finished this book in 5 days, second fastest I've ever finished a book! I needed a book to help me get back into reading and this definitely helped.


The reason I'm only giving it a four star is because I don't like how long it took for them to talk about their relationship deepening. I wish Abbie had come clean about her revenge plan early on instead of dragging it out as they got closer, and I wished Damien stopped pushing that conversation further back. It does cause some good tension, but at the same time it's frustrating haha Just a personal peeve of mine.


God my heart stopped when she was telling Cam about coming clean to Damien. I was so excited, because I was absolutely certain he'll be fine with getting revenge on Richard (due to Damien hating him too) and just imagining the two of them having the time of their lives rubbing their relationship in Richard's face. But nope. Richard texted and suddenly Abbie doesn't care if Damien gets hurt. Despite her having acknowledged for so long that what she and Damien had wasn't “fun and casual” anymore. I get it, she's hurting, but she was so close to realizing that she's going to put him on the spot at the Christmas party because Richard is going to be there and she should've known he wasn't going to keep quiet about her being his ex.


At this point in the story where the party is a week away and getting closer, I was just enjoying Abigail's guilt over allowing the smallest things to stop her from coming clean. The night of the party was like a train wreck that I couldn't look away from. I keep turning the pages no matter how annoyed I was at how she still hadn't revealed her secret, and her not realizing that of course Richard was going to cause a scene.


God the revenge would've been so sweet if she had told Damien before the party. I really thought this story was going to head in that direction where the two are being a wonderful petty couple during the party, but I guess that snowing confrontation scene was a good ending too.


The drama of the big blow up at the party was satisfying once I got over my annoyance, and I am so glad Damien punched Richard in the face. Also glad Abbie punched him in the face too.


Overall, the story was pretty good. Everything was fast paced, so the character/relationship development wasn't at the pace I usually like, but this was a very fun read! So glad I picked this book ❤️


Side note:


Oh my god, I'm reading the recommendations in the kindle version and I just keep seeing characters in this story popping up. So many of them have their own books and I love the idea of authors who continue to write for one world they created, where each book/series is a different character from that world. Amazing! I can't wait to one day read their stories ❤️