There was some development of characters and relationships here, but overall it felt like an interim. I thought that once we covered everything that had already happened in the first trilogy we would get a faster paced story, but having just finished it my thoughts can pretty much be summed up in a shrug. Despite the rocky start in the first book, I had somewhat higher hopes for this book. I am struggling with how to rate this story. nothing! happens! just some making out and male posturing. Honestly, the best part of the whole book was the streamy bit on the staircase but again. Maybe I'm a little biased because I read actually dark stuff, but this is so light compared to other mafia stuff. Idk even the villains are boring? Like, I'm told repeatedly that the guys' dad is some terrible person, but we don't see it. Honestly all of the guys are boring? Kinda samey in that broody-but-goes-soft-for-the-girl way. Sure, I guess, but it was random and not woven into the rest of the story. Well Book 2 suddenly introduced the idea of her being a dancer. I remember leaving Book 1 wondering what her personality was. In generally, it feels like Maddie is a different character. It ends on a cliffhanger but because so little happened with relationships/ character development, it didn't really hit the way cliffhangers are meant to. How did I read all that and nothing happened?
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