This is more of a 3 1/2 star rating, if it was possible.

This was a nice, smooth read for me. The author has a nice flow to her writing, and nothing ever got too weird with the plot. I wouldn't say this was a "page turner" but I was invested the whole way in not only Sara and Izzy's relationship, but the training with Izzy and Chase as well.

I knocked a star off because I got a little bit of the crazy jealous girlfriend vibe from Izzy that made me not like her as much. I understand not liking Sara's relationship with Nicole to a point, but she went too possessive and finger-pointing pretty quickly in their relationship. I don't want to give too much away, but it seemed like they had been dating for like 3 weeks before the big showdown went down. It also didn't seem healthy how many times Sara had to promise her nothing was going on.

Overall, a pretty simple and easy read.

This book is just ok, there is nothing that stands out in it. It is a fairly common story in which there are many issues that could make the story more interesting, but all are treated superficially and some are not fully explained.
There is an age difference between the protagonists, although not much, about 8-10 years, but at some point it seems that it will be a problem; there is something of previous relationships that are not completely finished and that interfere in the new relationship that begins; There is also the loss of the mother of one of the protagonists at an early age. 14 I think, and what this entails besides the pain itself. Surely there are some more that I no longer remember.
In addition to this, the behavior of the two protagonists did not seem very coherent, which is why they have not interested me very much, nor they separately or together. Neither is the dog remarkable.
I sincerely hope that other reviewers can offer a more positive point of view than mine.