This book should have ended right about 85% because the actual ending we’re given is awful and frustrating.

Up until that point, this wasn’t bad. Probably would have been a solid three star read that I didn’t have much to say about and I might have given it an extra star (or at least half a star) for great narration.

And then, the first plot line kind of comes to a resolution, I forget exactly when. Then the second plot line mostly resolves right about 84-85%. There’s some more resolution about things. All in all, I would have been okay with this book had it ended right about 88%. It would have been about the ending I had expected from a 3-star read.

I’M PISSED OFF BECAUSE DRAMA HAPPENS with characters we’re not particularly invested in (idk maybe I should have been) and someone else finally deals with a problem in the absolute worst way possible and somehow this is all Kian’s fault as though other people responsible here have no agency of their own. And Kian just takes it and gets a very weak-ass, “Okay, I’m sorry but you understand why I was upset right?” type apology from one relevant party and virtually no grovel or apology from Hudson at all. Also, how the reconciliation happens just goes to prove that no one here has grown or learned anything and we’re all just due for Hudson and Kian to break up at the end because they’re still essentially where they were the first time they broke up.

Ugh. Excuse me while I sink into Book Lovers (by Emily Henry) to cleanse my palate.