She sees him for who he is, but she is also able to see through that jerk façade. Carlos is kind of a jerk, although he gets better as the book goes on. I knew it was enevitable, so I didn't find it too insta-lovey. I liked that the romance in this book was fairly slow to start. I appreciated that for things like longer sentences and harder to 'translate' parts, but when it's something like 'amor' meaning love, I think I could figure that one out. There were one or two times when I thought the Spanish explanations were a bit much - I know in America, Spanish is widely taught in schools and here in Canada, it is close enough to French that I could piece together what he was saying. Elkeles does a great job of developing Carlos's character and keeping the nuanced layers of who he is as a Mexican living in America. He talks of his life in Mexico, his mother and younger brother. Carlos switches from English to Spanish constantly, especially when he is angry. Similar to the first book in the series, I loved the Mexican elements of this book. Soon, their relationship develops from strongly disliking each other to well, a romantic one! After a mishap at school, Carlos is forced to find a new living arrangement, one that ends up being at Kiara Westford's house, where her parents decide to take him under their wing.

Carlos has had some trouble with a gang in Mexico and his mother sent him to live with his brother in Colorado.

This book follows the story of Carlos Feuntes, Alex from book one's younger brother.

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