I was initially leaning towards giving this book two stars but didn't. I didn't enjoy it as much as the first book in the series. The idea of the wife wanting to befriend her husband's mistress seemed unrealistic, and it gets wilder, but I'll let you discover that for yourself! Given how short these books are, I don’t think the lengthy excerpt from book 1 is necessary. The dialogue often felt clichéd and unnatural, and I still dislike the AI narrations of this series. Additionally, some scenes seemed nonessential and didn't add much. In a longer novel, this might be acceptable, but for a novella, I expected more character development instead of some scenes.