Carrie Soto Is Back

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First and foremost, I am a Carrie Soto apologist. I am justifying every single despicable thing Carrie did and said, because I love her. Oh Carrie, you and I are in a parasocial relationship, except ours is way worse than every other parasocial relationship, because you don't even exist ♡

I say that, but I didn't know who to root for at the end, because I am tender-hearted and I love Nicki Chan as well. I had an inkling of what she'd turn out to be like, but damn, she was so much better. What blossomed out of her and Carrie's rivalry felt like a breath of fresh air. I wanted it and squealed with glee when it happened, because I did not dare just hope for it.

This was everything I'd ever wanted from a TJR novel and although at times it was predictable and somewhat clichéd, as it stands, it is perhaps my favorite out of all of them. I couldn't put it down. Just... wow. Consider me wowed.

My heart raced and leaped and broke. I am sad to part ways with Carrie and Javier (that's where most of my heart broke), and Bowe, Nicki and Gwen, but it was so fun a ride.