This is the tortured love story of a young girl who is in a toxic relationship and has a guy best friend who is in love with her. She eventually breaks up with her boyfriend and decides to try things with her guy best friend. He is still in love with her, and she ultimately doesn’t feel the same for him. She gets back with her ex, and their beautiful friendship explodes and they never talk again. I like how I was expecting a happy ending between her and Noah the entire time, but I was completely thrown for a loop when she ended up with Asher. I really enjoyed that it wasn’t truly a “happily ever after” love story scenario, and how it was real instead. I felt the disappointment and anger that I imagined Noah to be feeling, and similarly felt the stress of Sophia when she didn’t feel anything for Noah. I feel like the only questions or suggestions I have right now are about the ending. I feel like it’s really open ended and that it sets it up for a possible longer story. When it comes to reading short fiction, I feel like there should be more of a wrap up that allows the reader some closure, due to the fact that there won’t be a sequel. But that could have also been done on purpose.
