3 things came to my mind when I saw this book in Costco:
1. THERE'S A FIFTH ONE !? WHEN IN THE WORLD DID THAT HAPPEN O_O ?
2. ... what happened in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th one again... ? /fail.
3. I MUST HAVE NOW!
Yeah, I'm a little insane~ I seriously missed these four though (even if I can't remember WHAT happened to them, I still remember that I have LOVED THEM ALL)

Right from the get go we’re shot back into the sisterhood’s world, where all four of them have split up, and about ten years have past. Carmen’s an iPhone addict, Lena is basically an artistic, pack-ratty hermit, Bridget’s as energetic and adventurous as ever, and Tibby is in Australia, now an enigma to her ‘sisters’. However, upon being invited to Greece by Tibby, all of them jump at the opportunity: they’ll be together again.

Then the unthinkable happens.

Struck with a death that shakes their world, the sisterhood is left one short. As they begin sorting through their depression, as well as their own lives, they find that their lost sister left them with more than they could’ve ever imagined.

This book was extremely depressing. Like, I did not know one could put so much depression and sadness into one book. My gosh. I will say, though, it was good. I really liked the self-discovery portion of the novel as the sisters split off after Greece and kind of found themselves and realized who and what really mattered in their lives.

We also learn a lot about the characters and revisit a number of memories from both the past books and the characters’ ‘childhoods’. Admittedly, there was some repetition in their actions, as well as their discoveries, as if they hadn’t learned the first time. However, it was a great book. In the end, the mood was bittersweet, but it was definitely an amazing ending to their story.

Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 4/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.88/5

-review by Between Printed Pages