Was it a huge disappointment? Yes. Did it ruin my wish to read any other book of CoHo I can put my hands on? No. And jeez, I was so scared it would happen. But a bad book doesn't make CoHo a bad writer. And CoHo is most definitely not a bad writer. Her writing style is beautiful (if we ignore Miles' PoV from six years ago - WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! It's one thing to use that kind of atyle from time to time to emphatize some words, feelings or whatever; but to use it in every sentence in his PoV?! It just ruined the whole point of that style and took away any impact it could have had on the readers) and I really, really like it.

There's other thing I didn't like about Miles' PoV from 6 years ago. First of all, he is 18. Which 18-years-old boy in his right mind thinks like that?! Which 18-years-old boy in his right mind sees a girl for the first time and decides he is 💫in love💫 even before they say a word to each other?! Miles and Rachel's relationship feels artificial, fake, makes me cringe and lacks depth or meaning. Not to mention it has 0 chemestry. 

The problem repeats itself 6 years later with Miles and Tate. Artificial, fake and with no depth. At leaat they do have some chemestry, but not as much as I would like. Not nearly enough to make up for one of the worst cases of instalove I have ever seen, that's for sure.

And 6 years later there's also another problem. I got to read the whole relationship from Tate's PoV, which means I had to read as Tate made up excuses to justify Miles' behaviour over and over again, allowing him to walk over her over and over again. She shows a lack of self-respect that made me flinch every single time. It's just too much. Especially when she clearly does all that in the name of a love. A love that let me clarify is not believable at all, because they never had more than sex, Tate knew nothing about Miles - literally zero due to his hidden past that destroyed him - and yet she loved him?! That's not hos it works. You can feel lust, desire. You can want sex. All without knowing someone. You cannot love someone without knowing anything about them.

The plot twist is ridiculosly predictable. I still felt sorry for Miles, it still made my heart ache, but only because CoHo's writing style is beautiful. I knew what was Miles' hidden past since chapter four.

Same goes to the ending. I couldn't care less about Tate and Miles' relationship but CoHo's writing style made it so damn beautiful and heartwarming that I finished the book with this stupid smile on my face I still have right now.

Really loved the message about never giving up on love and locking your heart forever. About finding peace with yourself and learning to love again. I just think CoHo could have made the characters that pass that message way more interesting and realistic.

Full review coming soon!