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hanreads__'s review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

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planetshelf's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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cait's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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alexia445's review

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hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I decided to read this book as I enjoyed the series and I wanted to know what was going to happen after the events of the last book.

This book still follows Tessa and Hardin. Hardin has just received some shocking truth about his family, and it shakes him to the core. Then Tessa ends up suffering from a sudden loss. As the truth about each of their families comes to the surface, these two are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, innocent girl we met in the first book. Hardin is not as cruel and moody as we got to know. But the more that they learn about each other the dark their thoughts both go. They both start to push each other away. Tessa doesn’t know if she should fight for him or fight for herself.

My favourite bits of this book were Hardin’s chapters. I liked the additional point of views within this book. It was a good insight to see how he was feeling and what he was doing. I love Hardin’s humour; I think I relate to it more with him being British and being able to picture the British accent whilst he is talking. However, this book drove me nuts. This book could have been ended in like five chapters just by both of them communicating with everyone – not just between the pair of them! Obviously, I know this is just the storyline of the book, but I really wanted to bang their heads together. I know this isn’t a healthy relationship but my emotions in this book when from wanting to drag Tessa away or from them to kiss and make up. I feel like I need a therapy session from this especially after the rollercoaster of emotions. I enjoyed the ending and seeing Tessa loosen up and realising she needed to focus on herself, and that Hardin managed a whooping two years without seeing her every day!

I shouldn’t have liked this book as much as I did. Purely because of the anger I felt. However, I really did enjoy the storyline and I enjoyed the series overall.

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