The key to these books is to not take them seriously at all. It's just a silly goofy time with a really engaging audiobook. That being said, I didn't like this one as much as the first because it tried to be a little more serious by the nature of Lark having more baggage. Which is fine, I actually liked her as a character, but their relationship felt like... idk, it wasn't as fun as the first book. The writing was both less and more cringey, just in different ways. The amount this man growls was absolutely unreal. I'm not convinced the last book in the series will be any better but I'll probably still listen to the audiobook because.... you know why lol.