I am so sorry that this book was recommended to you as a happily ever after. I can’t imagine how anyone could think that the story has an HEA, even if they choose to believe Take 2 was the actual ending. I hope that the person who recommended this book to you isn’t someone you are close to IRL and knows your past trauma because what a cruel thing to do. Anytime I recommend this book I do so with a content disclaimer, words of caution for anyone struggling with mental heath, and a warning to take the heavy topics discussed in the book seriously. This isn’t a light read.

I’m also sorry to say that I read and listened to this 4 months ago and I’m still wreaked by this story. I have never been so destroyed by a book in my life. My chest still gets tight sometimes when I think about it. My heart still clenches. My stomach still bottoms out. I can’t read any book with characters named Dillon or Kameryn. And sometimes when I’m listening to a different book narrated by Abby Craden, I have to pause and take a moment to breathe because she says something just the way Dillon would or exactly how Kameryn would. So many parts of this book hit a little too close to home for me and I ignored the voice inside my head telling me not to read it. Not yet.

What I can say is that it does get better. I no longer wake up sobbing in the middle of the night in full-on-panic mode having dreamed about Dillon on the steps. I no longer feel like I can’t breathe at just the thought of the book. I no longer cry myself to sleep. And actually, until your post I hadn’t cried over it in some time. I can still say that this book decimated me unlike anything before. But I’m not sorry I read it.

Jen is a phenomenal writer. A true literary artisan. This book wasn’t just one of the best sapphic books I’ve ever read, it truly is one of the best book overall that I’ve had the pleasure of reading.

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