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dgignac's review against another edition
5.0
A great ending to a great series. I loved both Pippa and Jensen. I also loved that each set of characters had their own epilogue at the end of the book.
hannahboguski's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
The epilogue did it for me 🥹 I love every character in this series and this was a beautiful (😉) way to wrap up.
what_alice_saw's review against another edition
3.0
I LOVED Pippa! She was a great character. And most of this book was really good. It was the lack of any real closure with Jensen & Pippa’s story that made me give it 3⭐️’s. I didn’t feel the love from Jensen in the last third of the book. And, while it was nice to see all the friends again, if this book were just 30 pages longer, you could have wrapped up the friends’ stories & given P & J a much better ending.
iuliatr's review against another edition
4.0
Well, it is true that I finished it rather faster than I intended and really, it wasn't spectacular, but I enjoyed it either way.
I think it was a perfect epilogue for this series and, truth be told, I'll miss it. Who would have thought that Jensen and Pippa would have their own book. Seriously, I never expected this couple. I don't really have much to say, but I liked it. It was a pretty good book to start my new year with.
I think it was a perfect epilogue for this series and, truth be told, I'll miss it. Who would have thought that Jensen and Pippa would have their own book. Seriously, I never expected this couple. I don't really have much to say, but I liked it. It was a pretty good book to start my new year with.
kerrisbooks13's review against another edition
4.0
A little bit more slow burn than the rest of the series but the eventual smut and feelings was worth it! Plus the epilogue(s) where we get just a little more on the rest of the gang was *perf* now to read all five novellas
litloulou's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this serious but I didn’t think this was an especially great ending. Didn’t care one way or the other for Jensen and Pippa.
mckayla_haesch's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.75
tomhill's review against another edition
3.0
I haven't read any of the previous books in the series, so the epilogues confused me, but I really enjoyed the rest of the book. Like the other Christina Lauren books, it's pure escapism and it goes along about the way you would expect it to, but again it's a fun journey. I might have wrapped the story up a tad sooner, but I guess more obstacles means a more satisfying pay off when they are overcome.
wandereaderr's review against another edition
5.0
“I’ve tried not to be too bitter about the close friendship between clarity and hindsight.”
I knew I’d be in for an emotional roller coaster when I realized that Beautiful would be the last book in the Beautiful series. It’s so hard to let a series go when you’ve been with it for so long and the stories are so personal to you that each and every character, whether they’re the protagonist or simply a character that passes by, feels like a close friend that you’ve had for years.
“Or maybe you’ve just happened upon the white, thrusting bum of your idiot boyfriend as he shags another woman in your bed, and you muse with the touch of sarcasm, Ah, so that’s why he never fixed the squeaky stair. It was the Pippa alarm.”
Obviously, Beautiful starts out with a bang. Literally. Another reason I knew the book would be emotional is because of probably my favorite protagonist, besides Hanna: Pippa. There’s something about the ones who get a shitty hand dealt in life and they still manage to be sarcastic and funny and amazing even if it is just a defense mechanism. Pippa is this wacky, outgoing, and absolutely hilarious woman who is very self-aware. There’s a scene that includes the quote at the very top of this review and it absolutely broke my heart. Pippa deserves the entire fucking world, okay? And when Pippa gets all insecure and sad, it HURTS!
“I’d cleared my schedule to go on a road trip to wineries with my sister and brother-in-law and their friends and a drunken woman I’d met on the plane.”
I absolutely love the plot of Beautiful. I have a thing for road trips in general, but a road trip that includes a list of stops at amazing wineries and ends with a week stay at a beautiful cabin? COUNT ME THE FUCK IN. There’s also the fact that many of your favorite Beautiful characters make appearances in this book. Beautiful is just a very fun, very nostalgic novel. It’s so amazing to revisit your favorite couples while also falling in love with a new one.
“I saw the shutters return but didn’t really curse them. It was his process—I knew it already: Give a little, close up shop. Protect.”
Oh, Jensen. It’s pretty humorous for the tables to have turned on him. Back in Beautiful Player, he was the one lecturing his sister to not be such a workaholic and to get out and live. Looks like it’s a family thing, because soon enough, Hanna is the one lecturing Jensen.
I really fell hard for Jensen. The broody, silent types always remind me of Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin) so I’m like instantly in love. Jensen has had a rough time with love, just like Pippa, so his walls make sense. Watching him open up with Pippa and to see her bring some color back into his life is incredibly heartwarming and will probably bring you tears of happiness. It did me.
“I want a fella who notices everything about you when you first meet, but would only notice everything that’s missing when you’re not around.”
Beautiful was a phenomenal ending to a vibrant, fun, and sexy series. Christina Lauren will forever be two of my all-time favorite authors. And trust me, the ending to Beautiful will simultaneously make you sob and satisfy you.