I LOVED this book. I never wanted to put it down.

As the third in the series, this book focused on Anna, a violinist who is struggling with her music, but also with her life. She’s unable to say no, she gets stuck in repetitive cycles she can’t seem to break, and to top it all off, her boyfriend has decided that he wants an open relationship to explore what’s out there before settling down into a lifelong commitment. (I was ready to throw this guy out the window from the moment I met him.)

But then she meets Quan and despite his exterior bad-boy appearance, he turns out to be the kindest person who takes the time to get to know, understand, and care for Anna. And yet, despite their feelings for each other, Anna’s open relationship and her inability to say no to people threatens to destroy everything she cares about when it matters most.

I truly enjoyed this book. I loved seeing how the three books tied together (I didn’t entirely place it with the second one – oops!). My heart also goes out to Helen Hoang for managing to write a fictional piece that was also a partial memoir about her experiences being diagnosed with autism as an adult. A diagnosis