Liked this one slightly more than the first, I think because Aiden was a more interesting character to me than Bentley (shout out to a little dyslexia rep too). But it was also good to have the other characters from the past books involved and have their stories advance some more as well.

The relationship between Aiden and Cami was more dynamic and angsty than Bentley and Emmy as well - I liked that Cami wasn't stagnant in the friends with benefits space because her emotions were that she actually liked Aiden more than that and wanted more. And I appreciated that when Aiden was truly showing her

that his feelings were more as well, that she read that as signs to maybe push a little more

- it felt so believable (as did her confusion with the emotional whiplash Aiden consistently then pulled). The scene where Cami

apologizes to Aiden for pushing and not respecting his words when he said he didn't want more than sex

was a really nice addition - it felt like the scene I want in every miscommunication plot point because it's so direct and clears the misunderstanding up because it

forced Aiden to actually admit that he did have feelings for her

. Overall a really satisfying scene.

Just like in the first book, the climax external conflict of

Lucia being obsessed and a stalker

was obvious early on so how long it took for Cami to actually pick up on it was frustrating and her refusal to take it seriously was annoying... although the explanation of her thinking it was

actually her exhibiting signs of bipolar disorder

did feel like a believable explanation... especially because she was so insecure about it. As a conflict, it did serve as a seamless way to push Cami and Aiden back together and make him really confront his feelings.

I'll probably read the third book just to round out the stories from the main crew of the three boys, but might not finish the whole series.