The more I continued to read this book, the more I was determined to give it three stars because the FMC (being a young, inexperienced 22-year-old) juThe more I continued to read this book, the more I was determined to give it three stars because the FMC (being a young, inexperienced 22-year-old) just became too annoying and too woe-is-me about her life as the story dragged on. It's like, I get it. You have a shit family and everyone in town except the Eaton family treated you like shit because of who you're unfortunately related to, but one can only take so damn much. Especially when, much, much later in the book, when Beau talks about how he got a job prospect while pumping gas, of all things, Bailey resented him for it? And again, it's like, I get it. But also? It's not that serious. Just like it wasn't that big of a deal when Beau revealed something that NOBODY IN HIS ENTIRE FAMILY KNEW because he wanted to remain anonymous. She overreacted big time, holding this grudge against him because the secret somehow meant that their one or two weeks being in a relationship for real meant that Beau saw her as a "pawn" in "some game" that he "was playing." Like, girl, be so serious right now. Not telling you he owned the bar you worked at had nothing at all to do with you. Calm down.
I hate that she never even apologized to Beau for it, just told him to never lie to her again when he didn't even fucking lie in the first place. And if it was a lie by omission, then he was lying to everyone else, too, even his family. You're not that special, Bailey. Pipe down. I don't know what Beau even sees in Bailey besides the fact that she's hot and "doesn't take his shit." She spends so much time doubting everything, his feelings, her feelings, spends so much time worrying about what the town thinks of her that she became insufferable. Beau deserves better.
Anyway, this book would have been three stars, but then Harvey had to go and make the cousin joke about Jasper and Sloane again in the epilogue that I knocked off a star for how stupid that whole thing was....more
Whoever it was on BookTok who said that Elsie Silver is an author who doesn't do third-act breakups unless absolutely necessary lied to me. I feel dupWhoever it was on BookTok who said that Elsie Silver is an author who doesn't do third-act breakups unless absolutely necessary lied to me. I feel duped. I can agree to it being necessary in the first book, I'm not as convinced about it happening in the second, but I definitely do not think it was necessary in this one considering the MMC has abandonment issues. One of his anxieties is the fact that everyone he loves either dies or leaves, so the fact that Jasper was solely blamed for the reason why Sloane left in his most critical time of need (and proving his anxiety true, whether she knows that or not), and everyone else telling him how stupid he's being because he's so fucking traumatized from his upbringing? Yeah, this book pissed me off.
But I still enjoyed it, I guess, so it gets three stars from me....more
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