Author: Estelle Maskame |Website| Twitter| Facebook|
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Genre: Mature YA, New Adult, Romance
Series/Standalone: Series Book 2
Format: ebook, Trade Paperback
Genre: Mature YA, New Adult, Romance
Series/Standalone: Series Book 2
Format: ebook, Trade Paperback
Cost: $10.99
Pages: 352
How I got it: Purchased
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound
Publication Date: Dec 2016
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Synopsis:
Even months later this book has been stuck in my head. I ended up ordering physical copies so I can re-read the series whenever I want to. I loved this one especially. We are back in the world of Eden who is back home for the summer from her first year of college. She's just bidding the time until it's August so she can go back to school, her life had imploded back home and she's been surviving by suppressing all the memories. Tyler who is working on his recovery ended up breaking Eden's heart when he made the choice to pick himself instead of her because he needed to make sure his recovery hinged not only on her love and acceptance of him but on his own strength. Which is admirable, however that left Eden dealing with the fallout of their declaration to their families.
I felt so many emotions reading this book. At the end of the story, I smiled. I absolutely loved Eden & Tyler as well as their friends because they were amazing in this novel. Her friends were the first to really embrace them as a couple and they were the ones to push her to face her fears about Tyler and to confront him. And her biggest ally?? Man I didn't see that coming. I absolutely loved it. Eden is afraid because she tried to go outside of society's norms and is now building herself back up despite the heart breaking failure. Most of this story happens back in Eden's hometown I loved how the cities played a part in the story & how each city brought it's own change to their relationship with it. In NYC they could be anyone they wished to be and that brought its own level of freedom. LA was where it all began and that brings with it so much history. Chicago is where she ran to recover and here in Oregon where she came from; they really could learn to be more.
Both characters have both broken each other's hearts in each book and Eden's left to face the fallout from their families. In this third book, it takes a while for Tyler to gain her trust and they start again from scratch. I loved that the characters learned that happily ever after is what you make it and that it may not look like what you originally thought you wanted. There was so much growth from the characters int heir understanding of themselves, of what they would accept from their families and what they wanted the world to see.
My favorite part of the books came from their drive from LA to his new home. Because it's how they begin to rebuild their friendship, which allows them to begin to learn each other from the ground up. Both who they were before and who they have become since is shared in such a great way. Once again Eden's dad's reaction is my least favorite part of the book. He's still mad at Eden and as an adult, you should be better at handling this when dealing with your child. Especially because you haven't understood that she was too young to understand what was happening in your relationship with her mother. Being angry at the child who once hero worshipped you for picking her mother makes you very childish.
Once again the ending wasn't predictable because the author has lied to us before and kicked our teeth in from the previous books. But omigawd I loved the ending just amazing, very sweet and totally worth the read. I loved that the series came full circle and the place that Eden originally ran to California from became the place she could be her best self. One of my favorite parts of the story was Eden learning what happened to Tyler when he was away from her, as they took their road trip it helped to unravel the story is such an amazing way and finally we get to hear from Tyler as well!!!
A great story about learning to love yourself and trust who you are. It's also an amazing story about the power of love, and how it makes a person want to not just be better for the person you love but for yourself. Tyler's journey was very admirable and he needed to learn who he was away from all that he thought he had to be. He first had to confront the past in order to claim his future, and it was amazing to read.
Publication Date: Dec 2016
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Synopsis:
One last chance for love.
It’s been a year since Eden last spoke to Tyler. A year since he left her all alone after nearly destroying their family. But Eden picked herself up and headed to Chicago for college where she found a new boyfriend—someone who doesn’t run when things get tough. She’s finally moved on from Tyler…right?
Despite their breakup, Tyler’s determined to rekindle what they once had. He’s restarted his life in Eden’s hometown of Portland, and he wants her in it. But when a tragedy draws them together, Eden must search her heart and decide if Tyler is worth the risk once and for all. (
I felt so many emotions reading this book. At the end of the story, I smiled. I absolutely loved Eden & Tyler as well as their friends because they were amazing in this novel. Her friends were the first to really embrace them as a couple and they were the ones to push her to face her fears about Tyler and to confront him. And her biggest ally?? Man I didn't see that coming. I absolutely loved it. Eden is afraid because she tried to go outside of society's norms and is now building herself back up despite the heart breaking failure. Most of this story happens back in Eden's hometown I loved how the cities played a part in the story & how each city brought it's own change to their relationship with it. In NYC they could be anyone they wished to be and that brought its own level of freedom. LA was where it all began and that brings with it so much history. Chicago is where she ran to recover and here in Oregon where she came from; they really could learn to be more.
Both characters have both broken each other's hearts in each book and Eden's left to face the fallout from their families. In this third book, it takes a while for Tyler to gain her trust and they start again from scratch. I loved that the characters learned that happily ever after is what you make it and that it may not look like what you originally thought you wanted. There was so much growth from the characters int heir understanding of themselves, of what they would accept from their families and what they wanted the world to see.
My favorite part of the books came from their drive from LA to his new home. Because it's how they begin to rebuild their friendship, which allows them to begin to learn each other from the ground up. Both who they were before and who they have become since is shared in such a great way. Once again Eden's dad's reaction is my least favorite part of the book. He's still mad at Eden and as an adult, you should be better at handling this when dealing with your child. Especially because you haven't understood that she was too young to understand what was happening in your relationship with her mother. Being angry at the child who once hero worshipped you for picking her mother makes you very childish.
Once again the ending wasn't predictable because the author has lied to us before and kicked our teeth in from the previous books. But omigawd I loved the ending just amazing, very sweet and totally worth the read. I loved that the series came full circle and the place that Eden originally ran to California from became the place she could be her best self. One of my favorite parts of the story was Eden learning what happened to Tyler when he was away from her, as they took their road trip it helped to unravel the story is such an amazing way and finally we get to hear from Tyler as well!!!
A great story about learning to love yourself and trust who you are. It's also an amazing story about the power of love, and how it makes a person want to not just be better for the person you love but for yourself. Tyler's journey was very admirable and he needed to learn who he was away from all that he thought he had to be. He first had to confront the past in order to claim his future, and it was amazing to read.
★★★★★
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