I absolutely loved this book. At first I was a little skeptical because the story didn't seem that interesting but it proved me wrong. Seriously, this book was amazing. It took me a while to get comfortable with the characters but once I did there was no going back. Violetta's and Feste's friendship is the cutest thing ever, they don't feel the need to say how important they are for each other every five minutes, the way they look out for each other is enough. I also loved the story of Viola, Violettas mother, and Lady Olivia, Stephanos mother. I wish there was a book just about them and where they ended up afters their deaths because I feel like there is something or some place. Oh my god, I need a book about their after lifes.
Let's talk about Will, I couldn't really connect with him because to me he seemed kind of left out. Obviously he is somehow a big part of the story because he's helping Violetta and Feste but he doesn't interact with them or other characters the way the others do. He cares a lot about other people and is super smart but I feel like he's more being used than actually valued for what person he is. Cecil may be impressed with him and Forman may enjoy to talk to him (but he likes to talk to anybody so I don't know if that counts)but they all just talk to him because they need something from him. I feel sorry for him. The only thing that made me want to read more about him was horoscope that Forman wrote for him. He seemed quite shocked and when I read that part I was getting so excited to read about that and then Will burned it and that's when I gave up on his character.
Then there's the relationship between Violetta and Stephano. They're cousins but the book plays in a time when that was the norm so it's okay but besides that I didn't really feel them as THEM. I was hoping that she would end up with Guido but it was clear very soon that that wouldn't happen.