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miniscarygal's review against another edition
1.0
I don’t know if it’s cause I hated Sylvie from the last book or what but I just hated this one. They didn’t suit each other at all and for some reason the thought of Spencer doing what he does for a living??? No.
itscurrie_'s review
4.0
this was not what I was expecting from Sylvie’s book & I mean that in the best way because tbh I was not excited about this book but here we are giving it 4 stars.
(so far) Spencer is my favorite, he was so patient & sweet to Sylvie but he also didn’t sugar coat things with her and she needed that. all he wanted to do was love her & take care of her. I did find his family business & his struggles with that took a back burner though.
sweet & damaged Sylvie, poor girl, I didn’t really know how to feel about her after Things I Wanted to Say because I knew that her mother had a HEAVY influence over her. I had a feeling about what was going on with her mother but she took it to the next level, woman was absolutely nuts! I mean she got plastic surgery to look like her daughter after her daughter told her she didn’t want anything to do with her…😳
I was curious on how this book was going to end and I had my suspicions, which were correct 😂, but I felt like everything came together so nicely and pretty quickly too with Spence & Sylvie getting “back together” that I was nervous about how it was all going to fall apart. all and all I was happy with how everything played out.
(so far) Spencer is my favorite, he was so patient & sweet to Sylvie but he also didn’t sugar coat things with her and she needed that. all he wanted to do was love her & take care of her. I did find his family business & his struggles with that took a back burner though.
sweet & damaged Sylvie, poor girl, I didn’t really know how to feel about her after Things I Wanted to Say because I knew that her mother had a HEAVY influence over her. I had a feeling about what was going on with her mother but she took it to the next level, woman was absolutely nuts! I mean she got plastic surgery to look like her daughter after her daughter told her she didn’t want anything to do with her…😳
I was curious on how this book was going to end and I had my suspicions, which were correct 😂, but I felt like everything came together so nicely and pretty quickly too with Spence & Sylvie getting “back together” that I was nervous about how it was all going to fall apart. all and all I was happy with how everything played out.
emmishangg's review
2.0
2.5⭐️ only thing that made this book bearable was the whitsummer and crewwren crumbs
cerys_reader23's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
lmrivas54's review against another edition
5.0
As I started to read Sylvie’s story, I recognized the Munchausen by Proxy syndrome and was fascinated! I thought it was a brilliant plot to redeem Sylvie who was so terrible in previous books. As a victim of this kind of abuse, Sylvie was raised as a sickly child, subject to her mother’s machinations, alienated from friends and family, totally dependent and dominated by Sylvia. On top of this, she’s part of the Lancaster family, who are prone to manipulation and lies to get what the want. The combination was toxic and that’s who Sylvie was initially.
It was a stroke of good luck that Sylvia forced Sylvie to marry Earl Wainwright because that was the bridge she needed to get out of her mother’s shackles. As we read the story, we see how Sylvie works with herself to be truthful and loyal to her siblings and close friends, faces her feelings with Spencer, tries to get out of all her manipulative ways. Going away to California was great because she was facing her issues and learning to know and accept herself.
I think the author did a brilliant work in this story and with Sylvie’s growth. There’s a constant tension from fear of Sylvia appearing by surprise when we least expect her. There’s the bittersweet yearning that Sylvie feels for Spencer when she felt she had burned her chances with him. I loved Spencer and how loyal he is to his friend Whitt and how helplessly in love he is with Sylvie, in spite of her antics. She was really deserving of love and forgiveness and there was a scene between her and Summer that made me cry.
I was riveted to this book and could not put it down, I loved the psychology of the plot and the intense feelings between Sylvie and Spencer. I also loved having Whitt and Summer so present in the story and the reconciliation of Sylvie with her father, her brother, her sister and her friend Summer. It was sweet and sexy and utterly fascinating. Totally recommend!
It was a stroke of good luck that Sylvia forced Sylvie to marry Earl Wainwright because that was the bridge she needed to get out of her mother’s shackles. As we read the story, we see how Sylvie works with herself to be truthful and loyal to her siblings and close friends, faces her feelings with Spencer, tries to get out of all her manipulative ways. Going away to California was great because she was facing her issues and learning to know and accept herself.
I think the author did a brilliant work in this story and with Sylvie’s growth. There’s a constant tension from fear of Sylvia appearing by surprise when we least expect her. There’s the bittersweet yearning that Sylvie feels for Spencer when she felt she had burned her chances with him. I loved Spencer and how loyal he is to his friend Whitt and how helplessly in love he is with Sylvie, in spite of her antics. She was really deserving of love and forgiveness and there was a scene between her and Summer that made me cry.
I was riveted to this book and could not put it down, I loved the psychology of the plot and the intense feelings between Sylvie and Spencer. I also loved having Whitt and Summer so present in the story and the reconciliation of Sylvie with her father, her brother, her sister and her friend Summer. It was sweet and sexy and utterly fascinating. Totally recommend!
elizabethamerson's review
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
beeya_bookreads's review against another edition
3.0
this book was super interning in the way it was written and the characters, especially sylvie’s. i couldn’t make out her character but i liked that she was contradicting and aloof when it came to spencer. this girl has been through it thanks to her creep of a mom so her behavior and how she treated her love for spencer was understandable. spencer lacked a little depth for me but i loved how loyal he was to syl and how he couldn’t stay mad at her even after how she left him heartbroken. although, i think he shouldn’t have forgiven her that easily but both of them balance each other. i liked how messy and soft-toxic this book was.
courtlee33's review against another edition
4.0
It was a slow start for me, took me a while to get into it! The repeated stories of Silvies childhood are unnecessary but I did fall in love with their relationship even though I wanted a better ending.