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Warning: This review is not meant to offend the author nor her fans. I am sorry if anything seems too harsh. I know that most of view will hate this review, but first hear me out. I don't hate the author, but I got really, really frustrated with this book. I was given a copy for an honest review and here is my honesty. Spoilers ahead even though the blurb spoils the ending. Free Me ended with a huge cliffhanger and I was very impatient about the release of the next book. I wanted to read when JC was going to get back and win Gwen over. I wanted to see what happened to his marriage and I wanted to see how Norma's relationship was progressing.I was very happy when my ARC arrived at my kindle. That happiness died rather fast though once I began reading this book and more specifically when I read the first one or two pages of chapter two. The happiness was going and I was raging mad. I even thought at a point that I should stop the book and never read a work by this author again (and I have at least 4 more books on hers in my to read list) . As you can see I was this mad. I would have I expected this kind plotline for a first book, not a second (and final, I might add) book in a duet. The main couple has been already established in the first book and it's Gwen with JC and not Gwen with Chandler. For me, this book was just a way to introduce Chandler and his background story, rather than ending Gwen's. Her relationship with JC was constantly tainted by the Chandler's shadow. He is Gwen's boy toy, a safe choice for Gwen that will make her doubt her relationship with JC and then to top everything else a possible father to Gwen's baby. Just when I thought his storyline would end, he kept popping up. You see I have three hard limits when it comes to reading a book and this book crossed the line with two of them. I am not sure if I should count the third. Number one, I hate love triangles. After one too many young adult books with unnecessary love triangles I started hating them. So when I read about the Gwen thinking of not being with JC and starting something more with Chandler by giving him a second chance I was pissed. Number two, I hate it when one of the main characters is sleeping with someone other than the hero/heroine. That's chapter two for you people and during the whole book, reminders of it keep popping up. Even Gwen admits that she hates herself for sleeping with him while she was in love with JC. I hate her even more. Number three is cheating, which technically doesn't happen in this book since when Gwen has fun with her boy toy she and JC aren't together, but she since at the time she was fooling around she was in love with JC I kind of consider it cheating. For me the book was too focused on Chandler and a ton of unnecessary drama that lost what made the first book appealing. Things like Gwen's father and JC's marriage were briefly mentioned and quickly handled. Gwen could have been 6 weeks pregnant instead of 14, but that would mean less drama and less Chandler. I truly hate this guy and I won't be reading his book. My wish for some JC point of view was granted and that was the only pleasant thing that happened in this book. I felt like the romance was pushed aside from the drama for no reason to get in the spotlight. This book for me fell less in every aspect. It was lacking too many things, including a plot. Gwen's story could have easily have ended in the first book and this one could have been a prequel novella for Chadler's story. Honestly, I believe that's the reason it was created. Also, this book ruined my great mood after reading Something Beautiful and made me lose my book glow. Now I hope you can see why I didn't like the book. I know most of you won't have a problem, but I had and I wanted to warn those who might also have a problem with it.