I was so hooked on the premise of this story that I kept reading despite not loving the style. The fat girl whose first lover turned out to have been winning a bet.. and now he’s back in her life... wow. How on earth was Andersen going to redeem this jerk and make him a hero? Well, not that well actually -- Cade is given a shallow, slapdash backstory to make him seem less terrible, and honestly I think I would have preferred it if he’d just been a straightforward creep who grew up. Add in a dumb mystery and the incessantly breezy, slangy style and this was sometimes a chore to finish. But I did stay interested by the repercussions of the past on Ava and Cade’s relationship, and thought that played out well. Ava is a good depiction of a woman working on being happy with herself, but still struggling with insecurities.Although third in a series, this works okay as a standalone. (I didn’t finish the first and didn’t start the second.)
