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kirsten1312's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 ⭐️. I LOVED this book! God, it kept me hooked and I honestly had no idea who she was going to choose by the end of it. We got to see a lot more of Cameron and to understand him in this book which I did like. Charlie was heartbroken and confused who to choose between Reese and Cameron. I do feel Reese was really sweet towards her, and they both wanted the best for her.
However, the reason I didn’t give it a 5 star is because Charlie and Reese really did annoy me loads of times when being so selfish and annoying. And it was heartbreaking for Cameron. It’s hard to write a review on this without giving spoilers
However, the reason I didn’t give it a 5 star is because Charlie and Reese really did annoy me loads of times when being so selfish and annoying. And it was heartbreaking for Cameron. It’s hard to write a review on this without giving spoilers
hannadora's review against another edition
2.0
These main characters were just soooo unlikeable!
I was hoping she would choose no one and just let them all three be miserable.
No thank you, next.
Ps. Kandi Steiners writing really is superb though 👌
I was hoping she would choose no one and just let them all three be miserable.
No thank you, next.
Ps. Kandi Steiners writing really is superb though 👌
lmrivas54's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent rendition of a love triangle! Full of angst, this book took me through a wringer, kept me guessing who would Charlie finally choose. I knew I had my favorite and my reasons for why I preferred him, but there’s no knowing who the author would end up with.
In the previous book, we had seen a Charlie devastated by her husband’s abandonment. After the death of their twin sons upon birth, they had drifted apart, each one torn by their own agony and they never supported each other. Cameron submerged himself in work, working long hours and leaving Charlie on her own. Charlie tried many times to revive her marriage but she received way too many rejections.
Enter Reese, who lost his parents and sister in a shooting massacre in Central Park. Forever marked by his loss and his lack of maturity, he fell into a downward spiral, but eventually made it out. He moved to Mount Lebanon, where he had lived until he was twenty-one, in search of home, of history, of whatever could give him solace. He found it in Charlie and her parents. He’s working in the same exclusive school as Charlie. They were childhood friends and Charlie always had a crush on him. They connected in the previous book, because he gave Charlie the love, devotion and attention she craved. He got the piece of home he was needing. However, things got to a close in the book, where Cameron asked for two months, in which he would try to win the love of his wife back. Charlie accepted against her wishes, but respecting their history of eight years of marriage. Then we got a huge surprise when Blake suddenly appeared, and we learn that she was Reese’s girlfriend. Talk about an explosive ending!
This book has the same atmosphere as the previous one. It’s heartfelt and lyrical, slow pace but wonderful description of what the characters are going through. We see Cameron as he struggles to overcome his limitations: he has a hard time talking and communicating his feelings. He starts counseling and dealing with his childhood traumas which made him feel worthless and unlovable. I loved this character because he was all love and generosity. He could act a little jerky at times but it was from frustration, with himself and his situation and his guilt. He was selfless in his love for Charlie.
Reese was in a pickle. His girlfriend from New York arrived to live with him at his house. He was an idiot; he didn’t break things with her because since their relation was so casual, like friends with benefits, he thought that when he left and she decided to stay in New York it would be over by tacit decision. Then her father was taken to a hospital in Pittsburg, gravely ill with cancer, and she rushed to him for support and a place to live. When he was so destroyed after his family’s death, she was the one who helped him, prevented him from hitting rock bottom, and shored him up until he was better. At this time, he could not turn his back on the only friend he had left and who needed him as much as he needed her way back when. So he was stuck with Blake living with him, and scared spitless what Charlie would think when she learned about Blake.
Charlie spent all the book wavering between her love for Cameron and her love for Reese. I felt for her because each one brought something to the relation and she loved them both. Making a decision which one she would choose was really hard. When she learns about Blake, it was like a volcanic eruption. I loved that she was very gutsy and angry at Reese, she really kicked his ass. I liked that she started asking for things from both of them, for respect and attention, even when she alternatively disappointed both. This book wrings your heart because you can see both men love Charlie with all their heart and their beings, and one of them will be desolated at some point. And there was a plot twist at the end that really made it more wrenching. Needless to say, I loved this book, it was a great emotional journey.
In the previous book, we had seen a Charlie devastated by her husband’s abandonment. After the death of their twin sons upon birth, they had drifted apart, each one torn by their own agony and they never supported each other. Cameron submerged himself in work, working long hours and leaving Charlie on her own. Charlie tried many times to revive her marriage but she received way too many rejections.
Enter Reese, who lost his parents and sister in a shooting massacre in Central Park. Forever marked by his loss and his lack of maturity, he fell into a downward spiral, but eventually made it out. He moved to Mount Lebanon, where he had lived until he was twenty-one, in search of home, of history, of whatever could give him solace. He found it in Charlie and her parents. He’s working in the same exclusive school as Charlie. They were childhood friends and Charlie always had a crush on him. They connected in the previous book, because he gave Charlie the love, devotion and attention she craved. He got the piece of home he was needing. However, things got to a close in the book, where Cameron asked for two months, in which he would try to win the love of his wife back. Charlie accepted against her wishes, but respecting their history of eight years of marriage. Then we got a huge surprise when Blake suddenly appeared, and we learn that she was Reese’s girlfriend. Talk about an explosive ending!
This book has the same atmosphere as the previous one. It’s heartfelt and lyrical, slow pace but wonderful description of what the characters are going through. We see Cameron as he struggles to overcome his limitations: he has a hard time talking and communicating his feelings. He starts counseling and dealing with his childhood traumas which made him feel worthless and unlovable. I loved this character because he was all love and generosity. He could act a little jerky at times but it was from frustration, with himself and his situation and his guilt. He was selfless in his love for Charlie.
Reese was in a pickle. His girlfriend from New York arrived to live with him at his house. He was an idiot; he didn’t break things with her because since their relation was so casual, like friends with benefits, he thought that when he left and she decided to stay in New York it would be over by tacit decision. Then her father was taken to a hospital in Pittsburg, gravely ill with cancer, and she rushed to him for support and a place to live. When he was so destroyed after his family’s death, she was the one who helped him, prevented him from hitting rock bottom, and shored him up until he was better. At this time, he could not turn his back on the only friend he had left and who needed him as much as he needed her way back when. So he was stuck with Blake living with him, and scared spitless what Charlie would think when she learned about Blake.
Charlie spent all the book wavering between her love for Cameron and her love for Reese. I felt for her because each one brought something to the relation and she loved them both. Making a decision which one she would choose was really hard. When she learns about Blake, it was like a volcanic eruption. I loved that she was very gutsy and angry at Reese, she really kicked his ass. I liked that she started asking for things from both of them, for respect and attention, even when she alternatively disappointed both. This book wrings your heart because you can see both men love Charlie with all their heart and their beings, and one of them will be desolated at some point. And there was a plot twist at the end that really made it more wrenching. Needless to say, I loved this book, it was a great emotional journey.
nanoreadsxo's review against another edition
4.0
Kind of expected who she’ll choose but can’t help to want more grovelling
k_huskic's review against another edition
4.0
Okay, so in book 1 I was really firmly team Reese, but this book changed my mind! Reading from both Reese and Cam's perspectives showed that everything we thought in book one was just the way Charlie perceived Cam's actions and not what really happened, or even what he felt. He truly cares for Charlie. As does Reese.
This one made me cry. It was an emotional rollercoaster, for sure. I'm glad there was a happy ending for two of them but it took a lot to get there. This author's writing really tugs at the heartstrings (in the best way possible) and I love that.
This one made me cry. It was an emotional rollercoaster, for sure. I'm glad there was a happy ending for two of them but it took a lot to get there. This author's writing really tugs at the heartstrings (in the best way possible) and I love that.
ronnienatasharenee340's review against another edition
4.0
What a dilemma to have
Well, what a dilemma! It shouldn't have been in the first place. But when you have broken people who haven't healed you get problems. I was confused just as the heroine on who she should be with. Both men loved her and were good men. It wasn't until close to the end I decided who I wanted her to choose, and she chose right!
Well, what a dilemma! It shouldn't have been in the first place. But when you have broken people who haven't healed you get problems. I was confused just as the heroine on who she should be with. Both men loved her and were good men. It wasn't until close to the end I decided who I wanted her to choose, and she chose right!
amandab456's review against another edition
2.0
The MFC in this book is the most irritating I've read in a while. I hated being in her POV and couldn't wrap my head around how she could be this immature in her 30's. The back and forth drove me insane. Glad I finally finished so I could find out who she chose, although I really think she should have ended up with no one.
rihoward's review against another edition
5.0
4.9 all the feel stars
My mind has been on this roller coaster wondering how this story was going to go. Who would Charlie choose. Reese? Cameron? I won't tell you. You have to read it to find out. I vacillated in which man I wanted to win. Just when I thought I'd be Team Reese something would happen and it would switch to Team Cameron. This was a constant back and fourth. All I knew was that I wanted Charlie to be loved unconditionally. I loved that we got each characters point of view of what they were feeling. It wasn't an easy decision for any of them.
One of my favorite scenes in the book was a conversation between Reese and Cameron where each told the other what they expected for Charlie if they weren't chosen and the other was. It was heartbreaking but it was real. I'm in awe of this author and her ability to make you fall in love with both men.
I hope that the one not chosen gets a story that was hinted at in the spectacular epilogue. An epilogue that I must say is one of the best that I have ever read. Kudos to this author for a spectacular duet. Also, thank you for not making me wait months and months to see whether she took a left or a right.
My mind has been on this roller coaster wondering how this story was going to go. Who would Charlie choose. Reese? Cameron? I won't tell you. You have to read it to find out. I vacillated in which man I wanted to win. Just when I thought I'd be Team Reese something would happen and it would switch to Team Cameron. This was a constant back and fourth. All I knew was that I wanted Charlie to be loved unconditionally. I loved that we got each characters point of view of what they were feeling. It wasn't an easy decision for any of them.
One of my favorite scenes in the book was a conversation between Reese and Cameron where each told the other what they expected for Charlie if they weren't chosen and the other was. It was heartbreaking but it was real. I'm in awe of this author and her ability to make you fall in love with both men.
I hope that the one not chosen gets a story that was hinted at in the spectacular epilogue. An epilogue that I must say is one of the best that I have ever read. Kudos to this author for a spectacular duet. Also, thank you for not making me wait months and months to see whether she took a left or a right.
joliemills's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
3 stars
charlie was so infuriating
charlie was so infuriating