06/10/24 I didn't hate it, but I started to dislike Mara towards the end.
31/10/24 Like a lot of other reviews, I was looking forward to Mara's story because she was such a firecracker in the first book. However, the more I read, the more I hated her character - she was by no means a perfect character, in fact I love flawed characters, but her mindset was so selfish and centred entirely upon herself, even though she had opened herself and promised she would be inclusive of Jonas' feelings and their relationship. If Jonas did anything wrong, it would be to let himself be treated the way that he did, despite how emotionally open and transparent he was.
Now I understand that a romance book isn't a romance book without a HEA, but this is one book where I would have happily accepted that despite what they felt for each other, they went their separate ways. With so little of the book left, it seems like it was going to steer towards this direction, yet it didn't, and I almost disliked myself for feeling so flabbergasted by how it ended.
It was a little disappointing to say the least, most of it being acceptable with promise of a character revelation, but we were hit-and-run with the last chapters after being so invested.
