So much of the book was about Rachel yet the turning point where Miles goes and sees her is so anticlimactic. It happens and they cry for a few seconds and suddenly he's fine. And next thing you know him and Tate are good and married and have a whole entire child in the matter of one short chapter because the book needs to end. Tate and Miles relationship was so undeniably toxic. It amazes me that it's romanticized in any way at all. I hate it when female characters are written so one dimensional. As if we can only be attracted to a guy and can't help ourselves when they just want to used us for sex. That is not okay??? Their relationship was not okay, but because their story ended with a bow on it, we are supposed to accept it without even considering the manipulation, the red flags, and believe 100% in the 180 change of the main male character? No ways. Characters are so elementary. Also what guy falls in love with a girl that fast and deep and repeated the girl's name a million times in their head. That relationship seemed to have started with lust too. The thing is the whole thing revolved around the discovery of Mile's past too much. Every other chapter was about Rachel so when it got to the parts with Tate, his love wasn't even remotely palpable. It is so unbelievable. Last thing even though there's more to say- where are the therapists in this book. Like they all need help. Every single character. Except for maybe Ian. It's a shame he is not a more developed character in the story. I think I liked his unproblematic self the best out of them all, next to Cap.
Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Mental illness