I would like to preface this review by saying that, as a 25-year-old, I understand that I am not the intended audience of this book, so please take the following with a grain of salt. I only ended up reading this book because my 12-year-old niece asked me if it was appropriate for her, and I'm terribly nosy. Spoiler: she ended up finishing it before me and was on the third book by the time I wrapped this one up.

The biggest issue I had while reading was how insanely unlikeable the characters were. The unnatural closeness between Juliet and Adam was incredibly frustrating. I understand that they knew of each other before the events of this book, however, they never even spoke and yet readers are meant to believe they're in love. Warner, as a whole, is a mess of a character and I refuse to believe that we are meant to like him by the end of this series.

My niece informed me that later in the series it’s revealed Warner actually knew Juliet before the first book and that her memories of that time were erased. But even so, I don’t think this revelation redeems him. He was literally holding her hostage.

I don't think there is anyway I would go through this series and feel as though Warner had thouroughly redeemed himself.  Every conversation that takes place between him and Juliet is so frustrating because he is constantly reiterating this sentiment that Juliet will eventually see the errors of her ways" and join him. A man who refuses to take no for an answer in any scenario will always be icky to me no matter what follows in the series. 

On a petty note: I genuinely thought I was losing my mind with how often Adam’s blue eyes are mentioned. WE GET IT. His eyes are blue!