Brooke S. (KatyUerry) reviewed on 8/3/2008 + 20 more book reviews

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I did not like this book at all. I was desperately waiting to read this one, and when I finally got my hands on a library copy, I read through the first three at lightening speed to catch up again, and jumped right into this one. What a letdown. All three books before this were great, and I find this one the worst of them all. I didn't care for the way it ended, although I suppose that it is a fitting ending when you consider all that's happened in each of the books. Bridget, who is the most entertaining character IMO, got the short straw in this book, as she does in every book, but this one in particular. She's in Turkey, being adventurous as usual, and the author lets her fall in love with an older man, and then doesn't let it go anywhere. She starts to lead it somewhere, and then just drops it off short. The whole thing was totally unnecessary, considering all that Bee and Eric had been through before in the first three books. I never really cared for the character Carmen in any of the books too much, and I didn't in this book either. She did grow up and learn so many things about herself in this book, so it was hard to despise her as much as I would've liked ;o) Lena, well she's still the same Lena. This is the only character that didn't come up short during the whole series. In the first book, she falls for Kostos. He's in all four books, but makes his most important appearance in Forever In Blue, and Ann Brashares tied up Lena's story very well. I am quite impressed, considering how the other characters turned out. Tibby's best friend Brian, has fallen head over heels for her, and she doesn't notice, at all. So she drags him along, unknowingly he's in love with her, and treats him like a piece of you know what in front of these "friends" of hers so she can look cool. It was really fustrating reading through Tibby's passages because I just wanted to shake her and say 'what are you doing! why are you being so mean to your best friend!'. IF she went throughout the whole book without finding out I think that could've possibly been an even worse ending. Just my .02 cents!

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