4 stars

I am going to date myself by saying this, but this book had me feeling like I was watching the old TV show, 21 Jumpstreet, with Johnny Depp when he was undercover. That is not a bad thing. I just was not expecting it to be set in High school age for these characters.

That being said, there were two stories within this one. The main one, featuring Valentina and Kane, and a second one was Reyna and Santino. I liked that. Especially, as I was confused at first wondering how Rey was going to factor into this story. It was nice to see this pan out.

That being said, I was not expecting the high school setting. It was apparent at times that these were younger characters in their actions and behaviors. That is something that I struggle with and why I generally do not read books that are this age group. I just based wanting to read this off of the blurb and didn't realize the age at the time because I was thinking New Adult would be college age. However, saying that, I still will say that I did enjoy parts of the story and that the author did an exceptional job at crafting a story. There is no mistaking that she is very good at what she does. I have read the other stories in this series and enjoyed them because of how gifted a writer she is.

I would still recommend this book, even though it was not my favorite to anyone looking for a good book. ( )