it was okay. I liked the main characters just fine, but there were too many side characters to really give any of them any worthwhile depth. I felt like the conflict was spread too thin across people and events, and some character elements were really underutilized. the plot progression felt lazy and very predictable with the forgiveness feeling rushed. needed more groveling imo. I knew what was going to happen by page 30, which was kind of a drag. I think if the author had delved deeper into a more select few points of conflict, the story would have been more well rounded which could have balanced out the wattpady predictability. not super jazzed that I (once again) bought book 2 before book 1, but not super mad either. perhaps it will be a hook, line, and sinker situation where I like book 2 better. it was kind of obvious from the force-fed side characters that the author is setting this up to be a series where each friend in the group gets a book. felt lazy imo