i would have easily loved him as a love interest if there was more focus on the romance parts, but it wasn't bad. it was a different ratio of romance-to-plot compared to the other books by this author, so i was kind of expecting that to be similar here. instead there was more time spent on the not-romance plotline and less time spent selling us on the romance. still, not bad. especially when there's only 1 book for them compared to the multiple books that the other couple has. just less Time to fit everything