Last volume's cliffhanger is not directly addressed in this book to any meaningful degree, but it becomes the impetus for two other members of the protagonist's harem to step up their games. A class trip to a tropical paradise becomes the setting for dueling romantic rivals to push each other to love confessions. In any other series, I'd think the series was moving toward a finale, but an internet search says there are at least 13 more books to go. ( )