Spoilers at the end.

Jennifer….love…why must you hurt me like this? Why must you make me feel these feels? This is starting to feel like an abusive relationship after Still Beating, June First, and Older. Rude.
First off, I would categorize this one more as N/A than Y/A, because it can get pretty heavy/graphic/explicit. This one has a similar progression as June First, where they start out young and progressives from there. Be sure to check the trigger warnings in advance.
Max is so perfect and he loved Ella so hard and so well. I feel like these two could never catch a break, though. There were twists and traumatic surprises that were incredibly heartbreaking, so make sure you’re not in a really heavy place mentally, when you start this book. The first half of the story is a little slow, but it’s necessary relationship building and then the second half is warp speed. My only gripe is I would like to see more of their HEA, but that’s always my gripe with books like these.

Random thoughts while reading:
* F*** you, Dr. Pepper!
* I’m not sure if I like McKay
* My heart breaks for Jonah
* Ella is a feral cat
* Omg family dinner soothed my soul
* Kids, if you get an ominous bad gut feeling that something awful is going to happen if you do what you’re about to do, trust your gut
* I definitely don’t like McKay
* This book has a really great representation of trauma and healing. It doesn’t just go BAM, okay over it

***Spoiler ahead***

Okay, but DID Jonah kill his gf and that guy? It’s super ambiguous and just because he shot Mckay doesn’t necessarily mean he was capable of killing his gf. I think cheating gf and guy who tried to rape your baby sister and then let her fall off a cliff and left her for dead, are two drastically different levels of “motive”. JENNIFER. I need to know. Please.

Many thanks to Netgalley for providing me with the DRC and allowing me to provide my honest review

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