The Rules

I preferred this to the first book. I liked that Dani wasn't sanitised, that she still remained a sex-positive, adventure-seeking woman even as the main character. In fact, she was actively seeking a partner who would party through the night with her but still manage a successful career during the day. In that sense, she and Dylan were a very good fit.

It was also good to have the gender dynamics flipped so that in the friends with benefits situation, it was the woman who kept seeing other people in the beginning; usually, it is the other way round. I, however, wish we didn't get that stereotypical moment of I may be seeing other people but how dare you also date other partners? . Luckily it was resolved pretty quickly.

The main reason this did not get a higher rating despite the aforementioned positives, is because Dani and Dylan's final reconciliation scene was a bit concerning. As her original date pointed out he could very well have been a stalker ex-boyfriend who was about to kidnap her. Dani's date finally let Dylan replace him because he (Dani's date) had a phone conversation with Cat who then vouched for Dylan; however, the date had presumably never met Cat before so how did he know that Dylan wasn't just asking some random woman to pretend to be Dani's friend? The whole situation seemed a bit off to me. I don't know why romance authors insist on making their heroes do such creepy things in the name of love. There must be a million other ways to make the leads resolve their issues without making the hero seem like a stalker