I was so excited to get this story, since it mostly happens on the fringes of the other books we’ve read, and I wanted all the details! And because of all the back story and fill in details from other books we kind of get, that brought this up to a 5 star read for me. I’d downgrade to a 4.9 stars, because I’m 49 and sometimes it is hard for me to read about people being “older” when they’re in their 40s. I mean, I know I’m old, but as a never married, childless 49 year old, sometimes reading those things bothers me.

BUT, I love these characters and I wanted so much more to know about them! I only wish maybe we’d gotten a little bit more on Repo’s (Jason’s) background. We got a lot, don’t get me wrong, but I’d love to know more about his military days. And we heard about Diane’s past, but again, maybe there was a little more we could have learned about her. But, yeah, another but, that’s okay, because I loved this story of the two of them connecting. More than that I love, love, loved getting Diane’s story for during the time period that her ex-husband played such a big part in the Solving for Pie series. It filled in perfectly with the books that this one is set in between. I can’t say much more about some of it, because it would be spoilery if you haven’t read those books yet, which you should, and you can read my reviews for all of them at the links below this review.

The author left it with a “ride off into the sunset” type of ending. Which normally might annoy me, but since I know that Reid does a lot of extra stories all the time, I’ll hope for some of Diane and Jason’s travel experiences in those future little tidbits.

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.