I also liked this book, but I gotta admit, I liked It Ends With Us more. It was nice to see Lilly’s life after Ryle, even though she is still trying to navigate coparenting duties with him. He’s still a dick. Still controlling and hopeful that he and Lily may get back together, and he does not like it one bit when he learns that she is dating Atlas.

As one can imagine when you’re dealing with a narcissist he doesn’t make it easy for Atlas and Lily and there are times in the book when you wonder if Lily will ever get her happy ending with Atlas. I gotta say, there were times when reading this that I wanted to yell at Lily to buck up and stick it to Ryle. I felt like she let him off too easily. Had I been her, that mofo would have been reported and he would have lost his job. I get that she wanted to keep the peace because he is the father of her daughter after all. In any real life situation, this is probably the most likely outcome for any woman trying to do what is right and cause as little drama as possible. Maybe I’m too vindictive – I wanted him to pay. If I were him, I’d feel lucky that I got off as easily as I did with some of the crap he pulled.

Where the first book flipped between current time and Lily as a teenager and her developing relationship with Atlas, this book alternates between Lily and Atlas’s viewpoints. I really liked hearing Atlas’ point of view and getting a look at his thought processes. We also get a look at his relationship with his estranged mother when she comes back into his life which really helped flesh out his character even more.

Overall, I enjoyed the book and it was good to see where these character’s stories led. In the end it didn’t quite give me the emotional punch that It Ends With Us did, but I did enjoy it.