I received an e-arc from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Lainey for writing this book.
Unfortunately, this book was not my favorite out of all of her books. It has nothing to do with the author or the book. This is entirely a me thing as I loved the MCs as side characters more. They felt too childish to me in this book and I was not fond of the problem because I feel like Hanako, Mathias, and Connor deserve to have a cpmpletely different and new problem. It felt like a problem that is a cross between the Lavender Club Duet and (I believe the eighth book is the hospital one) The Series of Unfortunate Events plus almost every mystery thriller book I have ever read. I wanted them to have a more original problem to solve because those three deserve the stars and moon.
Upon further inspection, I think the reason why I loved them as side characters more is because the main characters would always have this need to protect them without realizing they were stronger than they got credit for. I did not get that so much when they became the main characters.
I did love that Mathias and Hana's relationship grew into what it became. I loved the relationship that Hana had with her mother and that her mother was very accepting of her daughter's relationships with the men and even trying to add more men to it 😏 it was my favorite part of the book and still makes me chuckle. I also adore that Hana was starting to embrace her heritage and culture. I loved how diverse the characters were and watching them embrace themselves.
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