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bethanypaisley's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
grace_pill22's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
katieingram09's review
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
serendipity_viv's review
5.0
Originally posted on www.serendipityreviews.co.uk
Seriously? Did this series have to end this way????
My heart is broken, shattered into a million pieces and now stamped into tiny molecules by everyone who has walked past me – that’s how I feel after reaching the end of this series! I loved Flynn and River. I loved their tempestuous, explosive relationship. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve known a Flynn in my past, so this series has always hit home with me. So the ending was a bit of a shock. The epilogue left me in tears.
I know, I shouldn’t be surprised, as the series has always been so closely linked to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It was laid out for me, right from the start, and an undercurrent has weaved it’s way throughout the series. However, I still wasn’t prepared for the ending.
This has been one of the best YA contemporary romance series I have ever read. The intensity of the relationship between Flynn and River could be used to support a guide to dealing with teenage romance. These two were meant for each other, no matter how hard they tried to escape from it, destiny always drew them back to each other. Others saw it as destructive, I saw it as undying, eternal love. Sigh.
I want to return to the epilogue which I mentioned above. There was something about it that made me wonder if the author had experienced a relationship similar to this in her past. Perhaps it is the journey that River’s life takes in the following years that gave me the idea. I have always believed that to write about something so passionately, you have to have experienced it to some degree.
I do have a little niggle about this book. The cover. That isn’t Flynn on it! How do I know this? Flynn has dark, longish hair. If you don’t believe me, read on.
His dark hair was slicked back, the ends lost against the collar of the dark suit.
See? It has always been long and dark. That was something I loved about him. He had that dark, mysterious, traveller feel about him. He didn’t have his head shaved. Sorry to moan about this one. *whines in a school girl voice* But I wanted him to look like the Flynn I had always imagined.
Anyway, enough about the cover. This book was a fitting ending to the series. Not the ending I would have liked and I am not sure I can forgive Sophie McKenzie for that just yet. But I understand why the series ended that way. *grumbles*
I really hope Sophie McKenzie writes more contemporary romance because she is extremely good at it. She writes about real romance, giving it the raw, gritty, honest emotions that actually surround it and doesn’t sugar coat it. A series I will be recommending for years to come.
Seriously? Did this series have to end this way????
My heart is broken, shattered into a million pieces and now stamped into tiny molecules by everyone who has walked past me – that’s how I feel after reaching the end of this series! I loved Flynn and River. I loved their tempestuous, explosive relationship. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve known a Flynn in my past, so this series has always hit home with me. So the ending was a bit of a shock. The epilogue left me in tears.
I know, I shouldn’t be surprised, as the series has always been so closely linked to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It was laid out for me, right from the start, and an undercurrent has weaved it’s way throughout the series. However, I still wasn’t prepared for the ending.
This has been one of the best YA contemporary romance series I have ever read. The intensity of the relationship between Flynn and River could be used to support a guide to dealing with teenage romance. These two were meant for each other, no matter how hard they tried to escape from it, destiny always drew them back to each other. Others saw it as destructive, I saw it as undying, eternal love. Sigh.
I want to return to the epilogue which I mentioned above. There was something about it that made me wonder if the author had experienced a relationship similar to this in her past. Perhaps it is the journey that River’s life takes in the following years that gave me the idea. I have always believed that to write about something so passionately, you have to have experienced it to some degree.
I do have a little niggle about this book. The cover. That isn’t Flynn on it! How do I know this? Flynn has dark, longish hair. If you don’t believe me, read on.
His dark hair was slicked back, the ends lost against the collar of the dark suit.
See? It has always been long and dark. That was something I loved about him. He had that dark, mysterious, traveller feel about him. He didn’t have his head shaved. Sorry to moan about this one. *whines in a school girl voice* But I wanted him to look like the Flynn I had always imagined.
Anyway, enough about the cover. This book was a fitting ending to the series. Not the ending I would have liked and I am not sure I can forgive Sophie McKenzie for that just yet. But I understand why the series ended that way. *grumbles*
I really hope Sophie McKenzie writes more contemporary romance because she is extremely good at it. She writes about real romance, giving it the raw, gritty, honest emotions that actually surround it and doesn’t sugar coat it. A series I will be recommending for years to come.
freyanne's review
2.0
the ending of this books pissed me off so fucking much and I’m not even entirely sure why. I’ve read Sophie mckenzie before, I read girl missing and that was a good thriller series but I honestly was not expecting Flynn to die at the end of this series.
I’m going to set the scene for you; I picked up this book series several years ago and I read the first two and a half. I don’t remember why I stopped reading it, I think I just found something better. But a couple days ago I decided to take a break from the book I was reading, because it was getting a lot and I just wanted to read something fluffy and cute, and I vaguely remembered reading this series. I thought fuck it and picked the first book up. I read that in about three hours and I really enjoyed it (slightly more than last time). I thought it was a cute little contemporary romance with some angst. I read the next two books (which I liked slightly less than the first one).
Then I read the last book, and throughout the entire thing I was confused. It suddenly felt incredibly unrealistic to me. It was no longer a cute romance. And then Flynn died. Now I didn’t have much in the way of a connection to any of the characters so it’s not like I felt his death in my soul. I didn’t cry, which is not a good thing because I literally cry at tv ads so not crying at a character death, especially a main character, is an issue.
I read the epilogue about ten minutes ago and then I sat on my bed, not upset, just really pissed off.
I’m not mad at the author, I think she’s a good writer and I’ve enjoyed her other books, but this one. I just. I felt ripped off. Like I went through all of that just for Flynn to die. And in my opinion I thought it was kind of pointless, and unjustified. I suppose it was supposed to be this whole thing, cus River wanted a love in which they would love each other so much they’d die for each other, and welp, she got that. But while reading it, it never occurred to em that there would be an ending where he actually dies. I could not imagine that happening and then it did.
This is just my opinion. I’m not hating on the author for doing this, it just felt like a cop out ending for me.
I’m going to go on with my life pretending there’s only three books in this series.
I’m going to set the scene for you; I picked up this book series several years ago and I read the first two and a half. I don’t remember why I stopped reading it, I think I just found something better. But a couple days ago I decided to take a break from the book I was reading, because it was getting a lot and I just wanted to read something fluffy and cute, and I vaguely remembered reading this series. I thought fuck it and picked the first book up. I read that in about three hours and I really enjoyed it (slightly more than last time). I thought it was a cute little contemporary romance with some angst. I read the next two books (which I liked slightly less than the first one).
Then I read the last book, and throughout the entire thing I was confused. It suddenly felt incredibly unrealistic to me. It was no longer a cute romance. And then Flynn died. Now I didn’t have much in the way of a connection to any of the characters so it’s not like I felt his death in my soul. I didn’t cry, which is not a good thing because I literally cry at tv ads so not crying at a character death, especially a main character, is an issue.
I read the epilogue about ten minutes ago and then I sat on my bed, not upset, just really pissed off.
I’m not mad at the author, I think she’s a good writer and I’ve enjoyed her other books, but this one. I just. I felt ripped off. Like I went through all of that just for Flynn to die. And in my opinion I thought it was kind of pointless, and unjustified. I suppose it was supposed to be this whole thing, cus River wanted a love in which they would love each other so much they’d die for each other, and welp, she got that. But while reading it, it never occurred to em that there would be an ending where he actually dies. I could not imagine that happening and then it did.
This is just my opinion. I’m not hating on the author for doing this, it just felt like a cop out ending for me.
I’m going to go on with my life pretending there’s only three books in this series.
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