Sequel to unaccountably popular Amazon Prime hit finds the same oldsters still out to stop the forbidden young lovers necking in glamorous locations

This mind-pulverisingly bizarre and woodenly acted romdram from Spain is the second of a projected trilogy (My Fault, Your Fault, Our Fault) and a whopping ratings success for Amazon’s Prime Video despite, or because of, the fact that it makes a daytime TV soap look like Ingmar Bergman. It is based on the bestselling (and initially self-published) romance series by Argentinian author Mercedes Ron, with a premise that has maybe been borrowed from Amy Heckerling’s 90s comedy classic Clueless, yet with all the humour scoured away: forbidden step-sibling romance.

Noah (Nicole Wallace) is the teen daughter of a widow who has remarried a wealthy lawyer and to the dismay of these (hypocritical) elders and betters, pouting Noah falls hard for the smoulderingly hunky new stepbrother she has now acquired; this is Nick, breathily known to her as Neeeeeeeck!, as he attends to her physical needs in various upscale locations. The oldsters were forever trying to split them up in the first film and they are now at it again, brazenly setting up Neeeeeeeck! in his dad’s law firm in the hope he will fall for the sultry intern Sofia (Gabriela Andrada).

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