I have a really complicated relationship with my feelings on this book! As always, I love and will forever be obsessed with Magnolia Parks as a character. I think she is amazing, and so fun to read about, and I love getting to go inside her head with her and read her stream of consciousness thoughts. At the same time, this book felt like a pretty big let down for me. I was never really rooting for the relationship between Magnolia and BJ, and have always way more been rooting for Julian and Magnolia to be together. 

That aside, this book just felt unnecessarily long with no real substantive plot. Don't get me wrong, I understand that this is true for almost every book in the Magnolia Parks Universe, but it felt just super off in this particular installment. I feel like the one thing within the book that was solid in terms of build up plot wise was the wedding, but even then I feel like nothing really built up to it? We knew they were getting married and planning was happening, but then it ended up being spur of the moment anyway, so what was the point of any of it. It felt lacking.

The things that I loved about this book, as I love with every book in this universe, was the depth of feeling that the story and these characters evoke. Magnolia's feelings around her grief felt so incredibly intense. I felt the way she was feeling and grieved in the same way while reading. It was beautifully described and written and this was by far the most important part of the story for me. I also just love Magnolia in general. 

I am looking forward to the next book in the universe, because a lot of what was written here was setting some major plot points up for the next book (during which I will be in PAIN because my poor sweet Julian :().