I was dragging this read. I hadn’t liked the last books of The Edens and I thought Sable Peak was heading down that road. But it didn’t, I enjoyed it a lot and it made me remember how much I liked the first books.
This is the story of Mateo, the last unmarried brother of the Edens Family, and Vera, who I was very intrigued by her story because she appears at the end of the previous book and her past is horrible, someone could make her a true crime podcast.
At first, I wasn't sure if I liked it, there was something about Vera's instant crush on Mateo that made me feel a bit sorry for her (not to mention the bar scene, I was screaming because of the second-hand embarrassment I was feeling) and even though her shy and clueless behavior was understandable after all the trauma she went through I enjoyed her more when her whole personality came out.
Mateo is charming and I love his daughter but it doesn't beat Memphis and her son’s story in Juniper Hill.
What did disappoint me a bit is the conclusion to Vera's past, her return to society, and how she overcomes her trauma is overshadowed by her obsession with Mateo and all that useless hiking, my true crime lover self was not a fan. Plus Cormac's ending was very bittersweet.
It was still a very emotional story