3.5** (content warnings at the end)
Here’s the thing, I liked this book and I liked the chemistry the main characters had but it also ended up seeming like the author wrote this to set the scene for Blaze’s book. It can be read as a standalone but I would recommend maybe picking up the previous books as there were mentions of scenes from the previous books.

I also wasn’t expecting to be so effected when Hattie was dealing with her sister and her comments about her weight. This isn’t a fault on the author, I just wish there had been some warning SOMEWHERE about how.. I’m not really sure how to phrase it but it.. it was kind of hard to read at times and overall I’m not sure if it was worth it

Cw: fat phobia, food portioning, mc is kinda forced into wearing a waist trainer, honestly if you are triggered with anything related to food or anything like this, I’d tread carefully or maybe skip altogether. I’m not one who’s easily triggered but this- it was a lot and put me in this unsettled mood.