I’ve read Emery before, but I forgot how much I adored it. Emery is the sweetest little baby and watching him get his happily ever after made my heart so happy. Parts of the story hurt for sure, but it made the payoff so much sweeter. I loved seeing how they were both so different from what the other expected, and how their characters were revealed was so good. 
The development between Emery and Thomas was also so good and seeing how they worked to repair their relationship and really put in that effort instead of just a quick fix where everything was suddenly fine made it even better. 
The cameos from past and future characters were so funny, and I can’t decide who I’m more excited for next, Luke and Elliot or Lex.

Fantastic, I was a bit worried by one of the Van Beek boys not being in this book’s relationship and I didn’t need to be. After how much I loved the Van Beeks on the rest of the series I was worried this book wouldn’t live up. I’m delighted to say this book has all the ridiculous shenanigans that highlight the joy of the series. 

This book deals with some tough themes so check TWs. Even mixed with the tough themes though there is always room for joy in this book. 

This is August’s first queer relationship. While he doesn’t have a gay panic moment in the book about Emery, he does panic about coming out to his mom. August coming out is a huge point of drama for the story. The drama feels much more low stakes though than when a first time queer man gay often panics in books like this.