5 stars Over a year after the last book in the series, I finally got an ARC for Backspin, and got to read more about Scarlett and Jake. It’s been about a year for them too, so I guess that’s fair. What’s not fair? It ends with a cliffhanger. I hate cliffhangers, but I love this book. I do have another complaint though. I read so many books that when there’s a large gap in a series like this, it’s hard for me to remember details from previous books. There were a few things that helped me to remember Jake’s mother and sister and what they did to his father, but I could have used more details about what they did with Scarlett because I only remember it in broad strokes. This would be helpful for a new reader too—making it easier for someone to just jump into the series with this book and have a good idea of what happens. This one is told from the POVs of Scarlett and Jake this time. How do two people so damaged by trauma manage to overcome all of their internal challenges and find happiness together? Well, don’t look for a happy ending here. Because there is no ending. However, we are given a clue when Scarlett talks to her mom, who gives sage advice: “Love is the core of who we are… It’s the only thing that’s true. Everything else is just an expression of pain.” She goes on, “I believe our true nature when we come into this world is love. Anything else that happens from there...our conditioning, our upbringing, our environment…shapes who we are. And when some of those things are from trauma it affects how we act… Reactions can be an expression of unresolved pain.” And Scarlett is bright enough to understand that you can understand someone’s actions and love them for who they are underneath that, but you mustn’t step over the fine line by making excuses for them. August 1, 2022
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