A review by priya_amrev
Flashback by Shannon Messenger

2.0

Okay I really hate this all cognate no secrets thing between fitz and Sophie. And before I thought it was because I wanted her to be special or something but I just realized it’s because that seems like a toxic, abusive relationship. He constantly demands that she should share everything with him and makes her feel guilty for not doing so. And that’s kind of excused in the book as oh secrets hurt the cognate relationship. But if she’s not comfortable enough to share them on her own then they shouldn’t be cognates at all. And especially not after he keeps bugging her about it. I don’t like Fitz on his own either. He’s too angry and lashes out at Sophie any time he gets hurt and always portrayed as the “perfect boyâ€