This is a good romance, with a likable couple. I liked how Zeke was determined to convince Lia that they were meant to be together, and was willing to do anything to make her happy. This one gets 3.5 stars from me, rounded up to 4 stars.
I liked Zeke -- he was so good to Lia, and was sweet about helping with the insecurities caused by her emotionally abusive ex. He wasn't quite sure how to get their relationship out of the friend-zone, but it did finally happen.
I liked Lia, too, but thought she was a bit of a coward for never telling Zeke she wanted more than friendship with him. She had tried once, and gave up after it didn't work. She had just decided that it would be better to remain friends than take the chance of being rejected. I was glad when they finally got past that.
One thing bothers me about all of the books I've read by this author. and that is way too much use of the f*** word -- which I absolutely hate. There is no reason why that word should be used so much, but it is in lots of conversations the characters have, and often in their thoughts, too.
My rating system is below.
1 star -- Hated it, or did not finish. I usually only give this rating if some of the content is truly objectionable to me, like if one of the main characters does something really awful, and gets away with it.
2 stars -- Didn't like it. This rating usually means that I thought the writing wasn't very good, the editing was terrible, I didn't like the characters, or it had other major flaws.
3 stars -- I liked it, but had some minor issues with it. This rating means that there were minor editing issues, the story needed more character development, it was just too unrealistic, or had some other fairly minor issue. The majority of books I read get this rating – I do not consider it a bad rating.
4 stars -- I liked it a lot. This is a high rating for me, and I rarely give a higher one.
5 stars -- I loved it, and will probably read it again. Very few books are good enough to get this rating from me. The ones that do are usually classics.