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It felt like the author tried to soften and excuse that with a fairytale ending with lots of pretty words and promises on his end - but I was over it.
While the romance is lovely, I also appreciated the way Delilah and Astrid's relationship was given room to grow, forcing Delilah to learn that Astrid might not be the villain she's so often thought of her as.
It felt pretty unnecessary to the plot and I don't think much would have been lost by leaving that element out. Wonderfully real characters--this is a book that isn't afraid to have its characters be messy, sometimes self-centred, with real and thus often difficult, misplaced, and highly unflattering emotions.
While it may seem like this is too much conflict, it created dynamic and well developed main characters and side characters.On the counter, the phone stilled, Astrid's name disappearing, only to pop back up like a greeting card from hell.