First, a warning. The F slur is used in this book. It’s just the one time, but just an fyi for peace of mind. 

 

Now. 

 

I can’t belive I’m giving 5 stars to a book with the term “spunk bunker” in it. 🤦 

 

Leila. Why?? 

 

That aside, these cliffhangers dude. My heart can’t take it. 

 

This book was a lot of fun for something so tense. Oof. I loved watching the boys get progressively softer with Elliot and, consequently, with each other. 

 

I’d been told beforehand there would be MM in this relationship, but I genuinely waffled on exactly who would be participating in it until just before the reveal. Not because it came out of left field, but because the bond between these boys is so well written. 

 

The villains are still mustache twirly, Tag is an underappreciated lovebug, Dane is finally stepping into his foreshadowing, and I am feral to start the next book and see how all this gets resolved!