Omg. I literally just remembered this book series from when I’ve read it as a kid and I have to say I have such a love/hate relationship with it. On the one hand, I loved these books so much, I think I reread the first two books so many times (or at least, my favourite parts), but on the other hand, Jennifer was my favourite character and her death was literally my number one most traumatizing character death in a book so far (at least, it’s the one that makes me feel like starting a riot the most). I was just so heartbroken when she died, especially since it was right after her slowest burn romance subplot (that spans over THREE WHOLE BOOKS. I was so invested, you have no idea) brings her to her first kiss. And then she dies. Eleven years later (fuck, I’m old

I'm just gonna sit over here and cry... *quiet sobbing from the corner*

I don't know how it happens... Every time I start one of these books, I always think that it'll end up being a three-star read and that I won't really like it because I only read this series to see how the plot goes and for a few of the characters. But then, somehow, EVERY TIME, it ends up being a four-star that I actually really liked...

And this book - guys. I almost CRIED. It takes a LOT for me to cry over a book. I went from "eh, some of the characters are really irritating" to "okay, they're all my children and they must be protected". XD

That being said, there were still times where I almost made this a 3.5 star read instead. At times, the book had some editing errors, which kind of takes away from the book for me (I'm major grammar police XD). I realized (or maybe just remembered) that the main characters are 14, and I honestly couldn't picture it. They all act like they're 16-17 and picturing them as 14 is so difficult for me. Also, there is a very violent scene about halfway through that made me cringe and I'm usually okay with violence in books...