I kept seeing people compare this to Untouchable and since I recently read and enjoyed that one, I thought I would pick this one up too. While it held my attention, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I wanted to.

What dragged this rating down for me was Grace as a character and also the drama towards the end of the book. While I started off liking Grace, I found her exasperating towards the end of the book. She couldn’t even stand up for herself against her old best friend but hated Sebastian for making her feel weak. She was weak on her own, didn’t need to blame anyone for that. While everyone could see that Sebastian was really into her, she stayed looking for a way out of their relationship.

I did have moments where I liked them together. However, I'm now starting to believe it was only because it made Bash happy. They were good together when Grace would let her guard down and really enjoy her time with him.

I liked the friend group here. Bex, Helen, and even Gabe in a weird way. I see the other books are about them and I’m interested in reading them.

This book wasn’t the worst bully romance I’ve read, but it’s not winning any awards either.