heatherthebookaholic 's review for:

After Ever Happy by Anna Todd

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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“Men are assholes. Every single one of them. But truth be told, women are assholes, too, so the only way for it to work is if you find an asshole you can deal with. One that makes you a little less of an asshole “ -Kim 

What a rollercoaster this story was! I was so frustrated with all the repetitive drama throughout this series and what a complete asshole Hardin is and for Tessa taking him back and forgiving him over and over again! But now that it’s come to an end, I understand why she wrote all the details of this story. I understand why it had to be so long, because so many of us in real life do have relationships that is so toxic but because of how much we love someone we continue to forgive and take them back, no matter what’s happened. We are blinded by love. I’ve seen it happen in so many of my friends relationships and have even experienced it myself. It’s hard to break the cycle of a toxic relationship. 

I’m happy that in the end Hardin and Tessa were able to come out stronger and better, but that’s not always the case. After listening to all the books, I’ve decided I do love this story! I still wish it was a bit shorter, and for how things were dragged out throughout the whole series with the drama, I was disappointed that this last book was rushed at the end of all the good parts that were happening! Overall it was great. My first 5 starts to this series 😄 I’m excited to now go onto watching all the movies to this series!