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This is exactly what you want and wish for with a college romance.

The plot surrounds a lot of pranks and rivalries, which should feel childish, but it kind of fits with the whole frat dynamic this novel has.
The behaviour is also not annoying, because they never take their bullshit too far. It's not like the pranks go overboard or as if the rivalry contains any serious hate. It's just some innocent, "fun" college stuff.
I actually quite liked that one of the two MCs is super into the whole frat dynamic, whereas the other one thinks it's slightly stupid, yet doesn't look down on it or anything. It made for an interesting and entertaining vibe between these two.

Speaking of the two MCs, I genuinely liked both of them a lot.
At first, I thought Chad might not be my cup of tea, perse, but I almost immediately shoved that aside, as he was definitely way more than met the eye, and he actually ended up being my favourite. He wasn't just some dude-bro. No. He was actually super sweet, and shy, and caring. I was honestly kind of obsessed with how much he showed his affection towards Bailey, willing to not only fight for him, but also thinking Bailey was like the most perfect person alive. It was super cute.
When it comes to Bailey, I liked him from the very beginning, although his indecision did make me think he was a bit difficult for no reason sometimes. I didn't really hold this against him, though, as his reasonings for it made sense to me. I don't have a lot to say about him, as he's kind of just your straight-up good guy, but I just really liked him.

I have to say that I did like the first half of this novel a lot more than I did the second, as the story and chemistry did simmer down quite a bit after Bailey and Chad seemed to be sort of officially together.
I just really liked the chase and the pining, and that was almost perfectly executed, so the second half really didn't stand a chance in comparison. It was still fun, just not as extraordinary as the beginning.
Luckily, the chase actually goes on for quite a long time, longer than I expected, so a big chunk of this book was perfect to me. Even if you do find the rest a little bit boring (which I didn't, by the way), the chase is definitely 100% worth it.
Their meet-cute was also absolutely amazing and gave me all kinds of butterflies.

Aside from some minor jealousies and issues, there is zero drama or angst here. I actually often crave a bit of drama in my books, but I didn't find it particularly necessary here, and although I think I would have liked a little bit more of it, I also kind of enjoyed the easy-going nature this novel had.

I am super excited about this series, and I can't wait for the next book. If I had to place any bets, I would imagine that Brandon and Robbie are definitely gonna get their own book, but I can also maybe see Zeke and Charles be a thing. I hope we'll get books for both of these couples, as they seem very fun to me. I can’t wait!


'Frat Wars' series:
1. King of Thieves - 4.0 stars
2. Master of Mayhem - 4.0 stars
3. Presidential Chaos - 3.0 stars

Other Saxon James books:
‘CU Hockey�� series - var. ratings
‘Never Just Friends�� series - var. ratings
Making Him Mine - 2.0 stars
‘Puckboys�� series - var. ratings
The Dating Disaster - 3.5 stars