It's actually 3.5 stars, almost 4 but not quite. It took me a year to read this book because I really had a hard time wanting to finish it. I almost pulled-the-bookmark more than once & I don't know why I decided that I had to finish it, but I'm glad I did. Reviewing this book will be difficult because there are quite a few twists and turns that I refuse to ruin for anyone. In the beginning, you meet Marisa and Jake and honestly, I didn't much care for or about either of them. She was too much one of those "lose yourself in your relationship and abandon your friends" type of women and I hate that. He was almost too good to be true which is also annoying. Then Kate moves in to help them out with rent and it's clear she's there to shake things up. I think you're supposed to not like her because of that, but I found myself liking her more. It's about this time that I stopped reading for a very long time. It seemed very predictable and quite frankly, I didn't care if she came between them and broke up their relationship...maybe they'd be better off. It just wasn't an interesting storyline to me. I picked it back up because I decided this year to finish the books I was in the middle of, even if that meant deciding to DNF. I was going to give it a little more and if it was clearly going the way I was sure it was then I'd just stop. I WAS DEAD WRONG! I never saw the next thing coming and I was a little shocked and more than a little impressed. It was a jaw dropper for sure, and when you get through that and continue on this book is like "BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!" like an obnoxious infomercial and it's still not done with the twists. I mean nothing can top that first one, but it still keeps you guessing. I only wish there was a way that the author could have hinted that no matter what you think at the beginning, you must keep going. I mean, now that I know her style, I know that and will absolutely read more of hers and give them all the benefit of the doubt, but if it's your first read of hers, you just don't know. This is me telling you to trust the process and keep going, even if you think you hate it.