Everything changed the day she broke up with that piece of shit I used to call my best friend. She was open season to the whole school, the whole town. Sawyer Boyd is becoming something I crave, I obsess over, someone I want to own with every ounce of my being. I thought it was because I wanted to know what all the hype was about, why every dude on the team wanted to taste and sample. The problem …
The problem is, I’m afraid she’ll suck my heart from my chest with her sweet charm and make me change my plans.
Plans that weren’t going to be changed for a redhead with a beautiful smile and freckles to match.
I won’t be susceptible, vulnerable, and a fucking fool for throwing my life away over a chick who everyone seems to be hypnotized by.
But the risk of not having her is too powerful for me to ignore, except it comes with another feeling laced into it — hate.
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We’re back! I swear, for the life of me, even though I’m aware of the cliffhangers, I never see them coming and when I read that last sentence, it’s like I’ve been struck by lightning: I feel disoriented, like “how is this even happening right now?” and I then become restless; I need the next book STAT.
To quote Hazel Grace herself: “Colson and Sawyer are something different, characters I wanted to develop and try. And I’m glad I did it.”
And so am I; soooo freaking happy.
They are different from any other characters I’ve had the chance to read, but here’s what they have in common with all of the characters from Hazel Grace that I’ve read before – and what’s most definitely the reason that keeps me coming back for more: they have strong, unique personalities, twisted morals and off the charts chemistry with their matches.
I feel like we’ve learned so much with this book and got to see Hayes and Bases slowly become more in touch with their Colson and Sawyer selves – if that makes any sense. I believe you know what I mean: they’re starting to realize that there’s something else there and there’s no fighting it; it’s messy, sure. But it’s meant to be.
I love Sawyer’s repeatedly shown strength and relentlessness, and my heart melts every single time Colson’s vulnerability makes an appearance: yes, I’m a sucker for the bad boys with the soft spot for that one girl. What else is new? 😀
Without giving away any spoilers and to reiterate my initial point, I absolutely love the last line from this book and I strongly believe that it could encapsulate it in its entirety: Colson realizing that maybe, just… maybe, his relationship with Sawyer is running out of his control and no longer fits into the perverse molds he set it off to.
It took me longer to finish reading this story than the previous – as well as reviewing it, due to some unexpected events in my personal/professional life – but if there’s one positive thing about it, is that I won’t have to wait much longer for the next one. And man, saying I’m excited and that I can’t wait for it to come out, would we one of the understatements of the year.
I just don’t know if I’m ready to say goodbye.
I LOVE Hazel Grace and her stories! I love how you get the back story AND the present at the same time. The way Colson and Sawyer try to fight what they feel and how they are FINALLY coming together is just amazing and I CAN’T WAIT FOR MORE!! Hazel has done it again!!
Colson and Sawyer in this book take you on another emotional, heartbreaking read of ups andowns that have you on the edge reading each word and will leave you wanting more. When you think you have it figured out something else pops up and shows you how wrong you are. And when people from The past show up and things get heated between them will they put the past behind? Amazing read each time I read her books I need more and she always deliverys can’t wait for the next one to what happens
Everything I needed in book three, I got. My heart was pounding as I got closer to the end, unsure of where Hazel would leave things, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was perfect.
I loved this book because there’s no dip or change in her writing or these characters. It’s all consistent, packed with angst and just good writing. I can’t wait for book four or to see how things end. This is absolutely one of my favorite YA series to date.
Holy crap – I have never wanted to push through a story and smack the characters heads together than I did while reading this book. The back and forth, give and take that the reader dealt with in Books 1 and 2 is still holding strong in Book 3. I so want Colson ans Sawyer to get their HEA and just when you think it is going to happen – BAM – Hazel Grace decides to throw yet another problem or miscommunication in the mix. I so want Book 4 NOW – but at this point I do not know if my blood pressure can take it.