tarah put something in this book (was it her heart, soul and talent? probably) because it is truly all-consuming and addicting. i found myself desperately trying to slow down and make this book last longer but was unable to stop myself from getting sucked in and ended up reading it in a day. wren and ellis are so carefully crafted and beautifully messy that this story feels like it could not be anyone else's. tarah contextualizes their story in the present with flashbacks, conversations and journal entries (as opposed to dual POV, which her latest release, the co-op, is) and it builds and builds as the road trip continues and they get closer to coming home. while the book spends a lot of time outside of spunes, the secondary characters help keep the story moving in their own ways, and i enjoyed how much of sage, fisher, sam, indy, silas and micah we got to see. (side note: book four micah and kirby? i had a delusion it would be the guy taking over starhopper last year lol.) devastating, tender, romantic, emotional, sexy, angsty, hopeful, funny and genuinely fantastic, this is a story i will be thinking about for a long time.