3.25 The first 30% of “Riding the High” were really nice! Very pleasant to read, good characters, great banter. I don’t know what happened after that, but it somehow fell a bit flat for me and, at times, almost dragged a bit too much. There was a constant back and forth between Cole & Ginger about wanting each other, but somehow hesitating because of the circumstances, but then also incapable of not being around each other and obviously monologues about how hot the other person is. The dirty talk was..fine in some moments and just too much in others. Wasn’t feeling it really. There wasn’t necessarily a third act breakup but addressing the elephant in the room with “this..*us* was a mistake.” is also not *it*. I expect more from a 30 year old man. I was also disappointed that we didn’t get to read the conversation between Ginger and her dad, because that seemed rather important for Ginger’s character and that relationship (very clearly) needed some work. Same goes for the 180 degree turn around of her father through the text he sent her. Like? That is most definitely not the same character that appeared thus far throughout the book. Secret star of the book was Mable, Cole’s daughter. No questions asked. The epilogue was cute, while also being too much towards the end (kids, kids and more kids everywhere). There were a decent amount of scenes from the characters of the previous books, which was nice. I’m not sure yet if I will read the other books in the series (probably will though), but I will keep an eye out on other books by the author. Thank you Cornerstone/Penguin for providing this book for review via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.