Honestly, this had the potential to be a 4-star read but it fell flat in many aspects that I was hoping could have been built up more to strengthen the plot and romance. It had a very strong start and I was hooked. But the storyline had a nasty habit of building up tension and/or anticipation only to take away the climax. Basically if edging someone was a book, this is it.

There were quite a few unneeded breaks for the couple and there was a weird teen-angst moment with Taylor which tbh why was this included? Ella absolutely hated her and was ready to cut her out but forgives her after a lukewarm conversation and suddenly they're BFFs again. This weird angst friendship didn't add anything to the story or Ella's character. It felt like the author crammed Taylor in as a preview of her character for the next book, you can't convince me otherwise. 

The rushed marriage also felt unnecessary or a forced way to speedrun their relationship. The author also has this tendency to cut off a good conversation. Just when our characters are finally communicating... OOPS no, something happened so these characters have to stop talking. Once is fine but this happens a few times. Stop edging us, please! The conversation where Ella tells Gordain that she bought his dream home could have been one of my fav scenes but it was abruptly cut short and we were deprived of his happy reaction.