I've been enjoying this series, and I really wanted to like this book. And I did in parts. I liked Spencer and his fierceness. I liked his close friendship with Darcy, who was also incredibly fierce. I like how both of them stood up for themselves.

I had a harder time getting into the book, and I know it's because I thought Cory was annoying pest that believed he could just charm anyone into getting his way. He was constantly trying to see what he could push Spencer into doing, like it was a contest he would win. Hence the bet that occurs between him and his frat brothers. Right from the first, when he took Spencer's parking spot, he didn't seem to have any empathy about the inconvenience he just caused Spencer, who had to park a long way away when Spencer was busy and had to get to work. To me, it showed a disregard to others. He was basically an entitled rich guy.

Which isn't bad. I love a good "jerk who starts to develop empathy" story, where through time or interactions, he starts to realize that the other guy is pretty great. That happens to Cory. He starts to like Spencer, thinking his motivation for wanting to be around Spencer was changing. Which was good, but we didn't get to see that while it happened. All of a sudden, they were doing more things together. I think it muted the so-called internal growth I needed to see in order to believe it and start to connect and empathize with Cory.