Why was this book 600 pages?! There was no need for it. So much of the story dragged and quite frankly, the plot was so predictably mundane it absolutely could've been wrapped up in 300 pages (or less, to be honest). It's disappointing because I'm a huge Ana Huang fan but the last two books were such a miss for me. If the next book in this series has an equal (or God forbid longer) page count, I'm definitely skipping. Not sure I'll even bother at all considering Vincent will probably be the next mmc. The older, protective brother is such a tired ass trope, I'm officially sick of it. No reason is ever good enough, it ALWAYS comes off as super weird and annoying to read. As for Scarlett and Asher... I didn't feel a connection to them at all. I think by the time the book reveals the meat and bones of their backstories and arcs, I was completely checked out and as a result, didn't care much for them. 

Overall, not a great read. King of Envy has the potential to break the back-to-back flops, only time will tell. If that one also ends up being not great, then I think I'll need to take a veerrrryyyyy long hiatus from this author. It's possible I'm just burnt out from contemporary romances in general- after a while, they really do blend together. This book in particular brought nothing new to the genre or to me as a reader, just the same old mixed together. But it's also possible that the quality of these books has dipped. Again, time will tell!