I absolutely loved this story!! It was a fantastic read! This is the second book in the series and I do recommend reading the first one prior to this. This is part of a trilogy and the first two books do end on a little bit of a cliff hanger as things are not resolved but not a life and death moment. This series does cross over the young adult/new adult genres. The first book is more young adult and this one is a more new adult as there is a little bit of sex in it. It is not explicit at all, but you do know it is happening and get a little, detail. I loved getting to know these characters even more. In this installment we get to know the reasons behind these boys distancing themselves from Hazel. We get to learn some of what they have been up to. These boys might only be 17/18 but they are definitely acting more like men. I love the alpha and protectiveness in Cruz. He does try and temper it with Hazel to keep her happy and not take away all independence. He loves how independent she is, he just doesn’t want to let her push him away or get hurt. I loved the balance with this and that he is aware of it. This story is very well written and while this one is heavy on the intrigue, more comes to light and there is some action. I had to love Hazel’s way of getting even at the end of this one! This story definitely sets up the next book and I can’t wait to read it and see how everything ends up playing out. I love that this series (and each book) follows Cruz and Hazel, along with the other boys. I love that their group is such a big part of the story and I am hoping that we will get the other boys’ stories as well.
The narrators did a fantastic job with this! I loved that we had dual narrators now that we got both Hazel and Cruz’s point of view. It really added to the story and made it come alive. Both narrators did a great job with the voices and emotions for all of the characters and what was going down. I am super excited to listen to the next book.