Ritika Bhattacharjee
"Giving something up isn't the same thing as losing control. It's the opposite, Lily. You're taking back control.”
rating: 3.5
I love these books so, so, so much. Absolutely love how detailed and character-driven the plot is. It helps that I love all the characters too:) can't wait to read the rest of the books.
{review contains spoilers}
I can tell that this was meant to be a novella that ended up being too long, because nothing substantial happens in this book.
Honestly though, I kinda like that? So far these books have been extremely character driven; so I'd rather have a slightly longer book getting to know them than a short one with some unrequired elaborate plot twist.
I loved that we get to see Lily's journey with therapy in this book, get to understand her and her addiction: which is again, elaborate and realistically portrayed. The only complaint I have is the lack of a Lo pov. I mean this would've been the perfect time to switch to dual pov, since they aren't together but unfortunately we just get to see Lily's side of the story.
Till about the 40% mark, we even see absolutely no interaction between them, which again is okay, but i would've loved to see texts/ emails or even the calls a little earlier.
The flashbacks did serve the purpose of not missing Lo as much, but not having Lo around wasn't the same.
Love them both so much nonetheless, and i do agree that they needed some time apart to be able to progress in their journey.
“No, Lil,” he tells me with a short laugh. “You're the opposite. You're my stability...my home.
Coming to Rose and Connor, they have my entire heart. I'm so excited to read about them. Especially because, their story would be SO SO different from Lily and Lo's.
There was a lot of plot dedicated to Daisy and Ryke too, which was okay if i didn't think of their ages? Like 15 and 22 is just not it, why didn't the authors make her over 18, because i was most definitely weirded out and a little uncomfortable. I really hope she's older in their books.
Overall:
extremely intriguing. I just want to keep reading and find out what happens, I want to know all the characters more, i just want to see all of them happy; and yeah if you can't already tell, I'm definitely going to be crying by the end of 10 books.
"Giving something up isn't the same thing as losing control. It's the opposite, Lily. You're taking back control.”
rating: 3.5
I love these books so, so, so much. Absolutely love how detailed and character-driven the plot is. It helps that I love all the characters too:) can't wait to read the rest of the books.
{review contains spoilers}
I can tell that this was meant to be a novella that ended up being too long, because nothing substantial happens in this book.
Honestly though, I kinda like that? So far these books have been extremely character driven; so I'd rather have a slightly longer book getting to know them than a short one with some unrequired elaborate plot twist.
I loved that we get to see Lily's journey with therapy in this book, get to understand her and her addiction: which is again, elaborate and realistically portrayed. The only complaint I have is the lack of a Lo pov. I mean this would've been the perfect time to switch to dual pov, since they aren't together but unfortunately we just get to see Lily's side of the story.
Till about the 40% mark, we even see absolutely no interaction between them, which again is okay, but i would've loved to see texts/ emails or even the calls a little earlier.
The flashbacks did serve the purpose of not missing Lo as much, but not having Lo around wasn't the same.
Love them both so much nonetheless, and i do agree that they needed some time apart to be able to progress in their journey.
“No, Lil,” he tells me with a short laugh. “You're the opposite. You're my stability...my home.
Coming to Rose and Connor, they have my entire heart. I'm so excited to read about them. Especially because, their story would be SO SO different from Lily and Lo's.
There was a lot of plot dedicated to Daisy and Ryke too, which was okay if i didn't think of their ages? Like 15 and 22 is just not it, why didn't the authors make her over 18, because i was most definitely weirded out and a little uncomfortable. I really hope she's older in their books.
Overall:
extremely intriguing. I just want to keep reading and find out what happens, I want to know all the characters more, i just want to see all of them happy; and yeah if you can't already tell, I'm definitely going to be crying by the end of 10 books.