I got the first book in this series during one of the Stuff Your Kindle Days and I didn’t mind the first book, and the second book was 10000% better because they spoke through their issues and there were no miscommunication issues. So, my expectations were quite high going into it and we were back to the issues that I had during the first book.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Mike and the last time he saw his little brother’s best friend was before he left for boot camp when she still had pigtails and braces. However, Samantha is all grown up and home for the summer and she has given him an offer he can’t refuse. Twelve weeks of casual fun. The only problem is that he has only ever had serious relationships and doesn’t know hot do no-strings-attached. But Sam has plans to go back to school and is moving out of state, so a future together is impossible. The second point of view is Sam and she has had a crush on Mike since she was a child, he has always been the hot, older brother of her best friend. But now she is back in her hometown to help her dad get her childhood home ready for sale and to help him with his knee surgery. When she makes an offer to Mike, to get it out of their system for twelve weeks before she moves to a new state to complete her PHD, she couldn’t believe he said yes. But she is determined to not catch feelings as she doesn’t do serious relationships. However, as the weeks go on, Mike is weaselling his way into her stone-cold heart and now she is going to leave and break both of their hearts. 

I loved the fact that all of them hate Laney’s boyfriend. Why on earth is Laney still with this dude? But I love that he doesn’t get the privilege to be in the group chat. I loved how all the guys that we’ve got to meet and like end up having a friendship and become close like the girls. I still love the friendship group between the girls and how they want to be there for each other even if they are struggling to make plans and to see each other regularly as they did in college. It sorts of made me feel less alone because me and my friends are like that – my friend ha a child and my other friend is travelling often so if we see each other once a month then we are lucky. I liked that it was discussed about marines coming home and struggling with the feelings and the physical aspect of an amputee. 

I didn’t really get Sam or Mike as separate characters or their chemistry. Both of them were on different paths – Mike was still living in his parents' house (that’s not the issue because I still live on my parents' house) but he was struggling and didn’t know what he wanted for the future and wanted the whole kids and marriage thing. Then you had Sam who was still struggling with her parents' divorce and didn’t want to go back to her childhood home because it was bringing her memories from a difficult time in her life. She knows what she wants from life and that she doesn’t want kids or marriage. Yet these two thought it would be a good idea to hook up because Mike thought Sam was gorgeous and Sam fancied Mike when she was thirteen. Like grow up. I didn’t feel the chemistry between them mainly because I knew it was going to explode because none of them were talking to each other. The miscommunication and the third-act break up wasn’t needed. The miscommunication annoyed me. Mike should have told Sam earlier that he was feeling more and then whatever Laney’s boyfriend said so they could have a conversation before they got home. Instead, he shit himself and kept his mouth shut. Sam needed to stop being wishy-washy with her words. One minute she was trying to stop it going further and then would feel bad because she hurt Mike’s feeling and then go yeah let’s see where it goes. Like make your mind up.  

I think the next book is about Laney and I hope she drops her boyfriend in the ocean and finds herself again.