⭐⭐ 2 Stars
I don’t know how to feel about this, I have lots of conflicting feelings. It’s well written, I loved being back at Quincy and I liked Talia, but when I finished it I did not feel happy for her as I did with the other main characters in previous books, I felt so sad that she had to go through all of that. I really wish she would have found someone who actually deserved her and she would have stood for herself.
Everything beyond this point is a spoiler and an angry review.
Spoiler
It’s a complicated story but I think Vivianne and Foster’s betrayal it’s unforgivable. Their reasons were selfish: money, fame and an easy life over the person they both loved. Instead of finding a different solution or at least explaining to Talia the situation they decided to break her heart. At least Foster was somehow thinking about Talia’s safety, but knowing he could have just walked away from that life and started a new one with Talia makes me hate him.
And then there’s Vivianne, I don’t know how you do that to your best friend, Vivianne listened to her talk about how much she loved him, she saw how much they loved each other and she married him because she needed safety, she could have done the same Memphis did in Juniper Hill, grab your things and leave, I bet Talia would have helped her. And the worst part was that the only reason she didn’t push Foster on a relationship is because he loved Talia, not because she respected her or loved her or didn’t want to betray her even further, it was because HE loved Talia, because HE would not make a move on her. I despise Vivianne. I despise both of them.
Everything would have been solved if Vivianne and Foster would have been honest with Talia and everyone had moved from Vegas to anywhere else. But again, they were selfish.
And then, after all the hurt and pain they caused Talia in the past, they had the audacity to move to her little town, to bulldoze their way into her life without even asking her just because it was better for their kid, and Foster liked the way Talia talked about Montana. I bet there’s a hundred more little towns that would have worked the same. I would have made the town kicked them out the moment they stepped foot on Quincy.
Also, Foster never actually fought for her. He just waited until Arlo died. If he would have always been planning his way out of the blackmail and then immediately came back for Talia, then things could have worked out in this book, you would have understood that she was always in his heart. But he literally just waited until the guy died and the situation solved itself. If Arlo would have not died, things would have stayed the same for who knows how long.
There’s much more to say, and if I keep writing I will not stop. I really hope Vivianne disappears from this series and doesn’t become a main character in a future book. And I also hope I don’t see much of Foster in the next books. This is not hating on Devney Perry, because she writes amazing love stories and I will continue reading The Eden’s series, but this one just wasn’t for me.
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