This book was just *long sigh of longing* lovely. And strangely addicting. Once I started, it was not only difficult to put down, but also my mind kept coming back to it at odd moments, pondering how the Walkers and the Reynolds would untangle their various interpersonal knots. There's an interesting red thread of abuse and grief pulsing in the pages, and it's existence is unique in the romance genre. Jonah and Quinn can't gain solace in only each other, but also look to themselves. My only criticism, actually, is that I wish the book was longer: there's numerous mentions of working through issues, but the actual heavy emotional lifting happens offscreen. As a reader, I wanted to see what working through the past looked like, not just see the final results and resolutions.

Ooo, and a word about the physicality of the romance. I now know what "steamy" means. See, I thought "steamy" meant like shower steam, where important bits are fogged over, the music swells, and everything fades to black. I was wrong. Very, very happily wrong. A+ on that love scene.

Tl;dr? 10 out of 10 would read again and I'm silly happy that there's more to come in this series. Huzzah!