So…. I liked this book ok. I wanted to enjoy it as much as I did the first in the series but…. it's not bad it's just not great. It's a lot of internal monologues and general description skimming over the story instead of scenes and living in moments with the characters. Malia is sometimes likable and sometimes less so. Jaxon is supposed to be the “fun” brother but he was a lot more fun in The Cowboy and the Girl Next Door. There's not enough wit and not enough dialog. Which normally would be fine, but compared to the first book that had all those things, it pales in comparison.
Also, and this is a nitpicky thing, the Hollywood stuff is…off. I mean, first of all Harry Wilson is an undisguised Harvey Weinstein. like not even trying to pretend it's anything else. And publicists don't do all the things JulieAnn does. Managers do that sort of thing, working with actors on their careers and setting up auditions and all the manipulations.
So there were some general “I don't love this” parts to this book. But the Wyle brothers are there and they're pretty fun. The overall story is nice and there is a cute and funny moment at the end with an elevator so it ends well.