Cocktails and Books
Written on Nov 9, 2014
Sarah Erickson's life hasn't been easy the past seven years. After suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car accident, she drastically changed, mourning the lost of her best friend and pushing everyone else away from her. She wasn't a very likable person and did quite a few things that made it hard to believe she was ever going to be redeemable. So meeting a somewhat adjusted Sarah at the beginning of this book was something I was happy to see. I was even happier when she nervously accepted Leo's date invitation and saw her acting like a thirty five year old woman would when a hot ass man asked her out. But what I love the most about the changes in Sarah was how she embraced her return to a normal life, but at the same time accepted that she was never going to be the person she remembered from before the accident.
Leo was a character that was really hard to not fall for, but especially for how he was with Sarah. He may have gone into his relationship with Sarah knowing a little bit more about her than she thought, but he never made her feel like she was anything than the beautiful woman he wanted to be with. When she would go down the path of beating herself up or putting herself down, he was quick to reassure her that she was absolutely perfect the way she was. No matter what demons Leo was fighting in his own past, he was always there for Sarah and always made sure she knew how much she meant to him.
Leo and Sarah had to figure out how to navigate through both of their emotional issues and how to trust that the other person was still going to be by their side when they were truthful about something from their past. But they both learned their relationship was never going to be perfect and there may be times something from their past could set them off, but if they were together they could get through anything.
If you've been a reader of the series, than you'll love the epilogue. We get to see each of the three couples and what's become of their tangled trio. It was great to see that they were able to find a way to exist together and move on.