This was not the story I thought it would be, it was so much more. I thought I had an idea of what Ellie and Tyler's story would be, yeah I had no clue.

Ellison Edson is one of the most real characters Jamie has written. She is on a path of self destruction taking down anyone in her path along the way. When protecting yourself means destroying someone else is not something everyone understands and gets. I see Ellie asking for help but not getting what she needs, she is beautifully broken and just keeps sinking deeper. Until she is cut off and force to take care of herself, she finds a part of herself, and she finds something she loves to do and is really good at but her drinking is getting out of hand. She keeps hurting the people that love her the most and until she seeks help she will just keep destroying.

Tyler Maddox is what Ellie needs someone to love her through the rough parts and we all know that when a Maddox boy falls in love it's forever. Their "friends with benefits" relationship is hard to watch, but beautifully written you can't help but hope for the happy ending.

Sometime hitting rock bottom is the thing you need to do before you get up and fight.
I loved this entire book, it was real, it was gritty, it was more than I expected. ( )

So disappointed. Worst of the series. Ellie is a bitch and Tyler could do so much better. Her whole family is horrible. Who does that to family? I wanted to add the gif of Bradley Cooper yelling wtf while throwing a book but my phone isn't cooperating. What a waste. ( )

Jamie McGuire has a new book coming out in August. I started to read it, and it does involve some characters from her previous books. I have not read the Maddox brother series in several years, and found myself trying to remember more around the past reads than the current one. So, I decided to binge read the previous series!

I thought I previously read Beautiful Burn, but I do not think I did. I do not remember this one at all. Unlike the other books in the series, this one took me a little bit longer to get into. You do not learn about Tyler and Elly as quickly as you did the other brothers. I also did not buy into the relationship as much as I wanted too.

Overall, good but not my favorite of the series. On to the next! ( )