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I must say that Amazon screwed with me!! I had to waitminutes for the book to download to my kindle!extra minutes that I did not need to be added for me to start this book.
Not cool Amazon, not cool,
With that being said, this book was so bittersweet, I, like everyone who is a fan of this series, wanted to read the end, but didn't want to say goodbye.
This will be a long review, You've been warned.
Bookliterally picks up where bookleft off and we got the answer but not really.
Sam's character has grown from when we first was introduced to her at the gas station.
She had nothing and was dead inside, As we get to read more about her, we learned that her character was sensitive, Yes she was strong, but she was a broken girl looking for love and acceptance, Of course we know what happened when Mason and Logan entered the pictured, She found love and fought to never let Mason and Logan go, When bookcame out, I realized that Sam depended too much on Mason and Logan, This was no fault of her own, She never had unconditional love and when she finally found in the Mason and Logan she fought to keep it.
I always thought that was Sam's biggest flaw her dependence on them, Many people throughout the series as mentioned it one way or the other, I always wondered when and if Sam would ever realized that, and she did in this book, She finally realized that her dependence on Mason and Logan made her forget who she was, With that Sam went to find herself, Sam not knowing who she was was the root of her problem, This made her character at times annoying, but I was so glad that she realized that and started to live for herself too.
I loved Logan even more for giving her tough love, I loved Mason even more for realizing he should have pushed her more, Sam in this book kicked butt! Not only with her demons, but with new threats, She stood up for herself and was not the scared girl from book, I loved Sam so much in this book and gained so much more respect for her, She was honest with Mason throughout, She had her moments and told Mason straightup that she had no idea why she is being a certain way.
I applaud her for finally being honest, but fighting for her, I must say that I always saw her running as a prelude to the Olympics!!!!
Mason.
What can I say about this person who has always been self aware of who he is.
From book, Mason was a person you can never bend, nor was he someone you could messed with and expect to walk away freely.
He was cold, but Sam thawed him, Even towards the end of this book Mason did not realized how much he has changed until Nate told him.
BTW that scene with Nate and him broke my heart, Mason was never one to shed a tear, but in this book we do see that for good reason and we do see him mature in his attitude and actions.
Lets face it, Mason used his fist too much, His hands were seriously tied in this book, He had to keep a low profile and I think this is what he needed besides the Sam situation towards the end.
Mason was a punk teenager his words not mine that grew into a man, while still staying true to himself.
Mason will forever be mybook boyfriend because he always thought with his heart and loved his family fiercely.
He also showed that he can be funny and he was, Logan is rubbing off on him, It gave me so much happiness knowing that he got to live his dream!!! He worked to hard to let people take that away from him.
Man I will miss this dude!
Logan, I am so grateful that he was more active in this book, Logan will forever be the funniest character that I've had the pleasure of reading about, He really was a great brother to Mason and Sam, In this book, we see Logan give tough love for Sam, He really did play a part in helping Sam realize what she was doing to herself, I think what really broke my heart was towards the end, His dedication to Mason and Sam was so evident, He was breaking and you can truly see him trying to fix it, I will love to read a novella about him and where he ended up after law school.
This book was all about finding oneself and loving oneself, This was about growth and making difficult decisions, We see Sam and Mason come to a realization about their relationship, We seem them talk it out and try to do better, We see them break up they broke up for a few days, I get why, but I did not like it, We see them come together stronger, There is no Sam and Mason without Sam and Mason, My heart broke for them, but I loved them even more, They were high school lovers who had to battle each year, I can see the exhaustion of that taking affect on their relationship, but again, Mason and Sam are it for each other and no one would ever take that way from them.
What I loved the most about this book is the closure of certain relationships, I loved how their parents were there to see the proposal and the wedding, Do I think James, Analise, and Helen would ever be fully there for them No, but they can have a relationship where nothing is owed and no favors would have to be asked.
I loved how Taylor became a great friend to Sam, Their relationship was cute and it was their own, I loved how Nate and Matteo would always be down to help their family in need, The situation with Adam was finally closed, This fool truly is toxic and whatever happens to him and his father is welldeserved,
What I loved the most about this series was the love between a broken girl andbrothers who became her protectors.
That was always the theme, I will admit that I'm not a crier when it comes to books, The only series where I actually cried was Harry Potter and now I can add this series.
I felt like I was saying goodbye to family, The ending with Sam, Mason, and Logan really got to me, I literally started to cry, It started with themand ended with themin an epic hug and Mason and Logan realizing that things will be different from that day forward.
I think what really got me, was how they embraced each other and Mason telling Logan how much he loves him.
Their brotherly love is just epic on its own, It will forever be Mason and Sam side by side and Logan behind, For some reason that really got me crying, I realized that these were no longer children, but adults and as I write the sentence I'm tearing up.
Ugh ugly cries!!
Epilogue, I am an epilogue girl, This epilogue was perfect that it brought more tears to my eyes, I loved that even though it was short, it was done beautifully, I loved the name of their daughter, I mean how stinking cute was that, I loved that Sam was living her dream, Not going to lie, I still want Mason's POV for the firstbooks and a novella of them.
What can I say, I'm greedy like that, I don't want this book to end,
MAJOR NEWS we finally get to know what Mason said in bookwhen he kissed her forehead in his bedroom.
I literally laughed and thought, only Mason,
Tijan, thank you for being you and for writing one of the best series ever.
I applaud you for creating characters that would be hard to emulate and bring to life, You created characters that all had flaws, but were so lovable at the same time, You created a love story that puts all other love stories in the crapper, You created a beautiful world that I don't want to leave, You showed growth with these characters, Thank you thank you thank you, I literally can't thank you enough, I don't think I will ever love a series how I love this one, This series will always have a special spot and will be read over a million times, Ugh I don't want to say goodbye, We all have opinions on how we want things to go, or think they should go and sometimes it's completely different from what the author envisions.
Unfortunately I was disappointed in the way this book and series ended, I have loved the Fallen Crest characters and read every book in the series, I also love and adore Tijan and her writing so much, Carter Reed is still one of my all time favorite books, This review isn't a reflection on her writing, it's just the story and why I didn't like it.
It's the moment that we all waited for, . . Sam and Mason's wedding Right
The cover alluded to them getting married at least that is what I thought we would see in a big part of this book.
Unfortunately that is not the case,
Unfortunately what we got was some crazy drama, between Sam and some girl on a cross country team.
Adam who just won't go away, and is unstable, Mason and Sam in an unnecessary breakup which made no sense to me at all, Sam crying all the time and just being a sad sack, I mean get a grip you are an adult now, and you've been through a lot, we get it.
But I felt like she was beating a dead horse over and over again, with her not knowing what was wrong with there.
And then an epilogue that rolled together a half explained wedding, with guests in attendance that made no sense.
Her mother giving a speech at said wedding which really made no sense to me, and a blurb about where Mason was drafted and where they were now.
Her having a child and running in her second Olympics,
I wanted to see a wedding, and Sam planning the wedding with Melinda, and maybe her growing up through all of that and seeing that even though her mom, and Helen, and James were disasters that they could overcome all of that.
I wanted to see Mason take some control and prove to her why what they did wouldn't ever happen to them.
What she and Mason had from the beginning was a strong and true connection that not everyone finds at a young age.
I wanted to see Mason get drafted and see them start growing up and trying to mend some fences with their families.
of the book felt like drama that didn't need to happen at all, I wish this book had been so much different, I hated the way Logan still came off looking still like a goofy immature body instead of an intelligent guy that he is.
There was just no growth to him even after finding Taylor and settling down, The only one that I truly felt connected to was Nate, His and Mason's, heart to heart really touched me, I got all those typical Tijan feels, I always liked Nate's character and hated some of the stuff he did but I did really like him.
I also don't know why Becky was so nonexistent in this book, when she was a huge part of the last book.
Helen had some really strange moments that just felt like the didn't fit as well, I really wanted to see them come full circle in this book and I fee like that didn't really happen until the end and it was all in an epilogue.
It just was not what I expected at all, This ending had so much potential to be really a beautiful story and I feel like it just didn't quite meet that finale level of a book I'd been waiting for.
But even saying that, Tijan still sucks me in with her writing, Her prose and her dialogue always hit the spot for me, I just didn't like where this story went, But again we all have opinions on what we want, sometimes its just not what the author plans.
That is the beauty of reading we all love things differently!
I personally cannot wait to see where her next book journey takes us!!!! THIS! This is how you wrap up a multibook series.
Tijan stayed true to the characters personalities, . . yet, she allowed them the personal growth that is expected in the years since Fallen Crest High began.
To say this is bittersweet, is a bit of an understatement, . . I truly will miss Mason, Sam, Logan and the gang, I laughed, I winced, I got pretzel tummy, . . and I cried reading Fallen Crest Forever, It is the end of an era, and I am a bit of a softie, I do hope that maybe some day in the future, Tijan will gift us with a snippet or two, just to let us know how our family, the threesome fearsome, is doing.
I wanted more, the end just came too fast,
I waffled a bit on my rating and I may come back, but for now, I'm saying.
stars. Just because all of the feels and all of the words, . . Thank You,Tijan for giving us this beautiful wrap up, I loved it. .