This book didn’t simmer it exploded. JJ Arias is so good at show don’t tell, and conflict and tension - writers, take notes! As usual, couldn’t put it down. Great banter, great chemistry, lots of steam. I preferred book 1 in this series. The stuff with Fortune went a little too far, there was something at the end I didn’t think fit the women (no spoilers!), and Lola was tough to read for a while- I wanted her to unclench! But, to me, the way Arias handled Lola’s arc, and her relationship with her family in the end was a breath of fresh air for not shying away from some people’s reality. I love all the female empowerment in this series, and can’t wait for Natalia’s story.

Short summary: Lola and Carmen can’t get within 20feet of each other without fighting. So when they’re forced into anger management together it doesn’t go well, until things take a weird turn, they’re forced to work together and those feelings they’ve attributed to anger start to look a lot more like attraction.

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