*I received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

I don't know if I have an author that's more hit or miss for me than Alexis Hall. When I love his books, I adore them, but if I don't love them then I can't stand them. Here, we finally have a middle of the road book for me. I struggled with the beginning because I didn't realize this was going to be a second chance/former bully romance. Which I guess shame on me because it literally says that in the description, but I'm a simple human: I see an Alexis Hall book and I have to try it. 

As it is, I think this is my second favorite book in this series, following [book:Glitterland|60754391]. Once I got over the childhood bully thing, I really liked both Alfie and Fen as main characters. As is typical of Alexis Hall characters, they are messy and dealing with hardships in their lives but the way they come together is quite lovely. I didn't love the third act breakup here, because I don't love third act breakups on principle, but it was blessedly short and did actually make sense. 

While this is the last of the previously independently published books in this companion series to be republished by Sourcebooks, Hall is contracted to publish two more and I am intrigued to see where he goes next.