with this being the final book in the series, it does but also doesnt feel like an ending which is bittersweet and fitting, i feel like. it was nice bc it doesnt feel like i really had to say goodbye to any of the characters, but its sad bc i will miss them. overall though, its a good ending for the books (or maybe not ending, if the off duty is any indication of things to come), even if i do have my issues with the books overall.

theyre definitely enjoyable to read and experience, and it does take you on a journey, but there are some aspects that...arent my favourite things. like, hazards panic attacks that seem to miraculously stop after he starts therapy (literally not how things work) how his physical therapy is only something in the first series (not that he'll always need to undergo it, but its almost like he was never doing it. its never mentioned again) and how some of the relationship issues seemed to resolve, become problems again, resolve, become problems again...you know? it got a bit tedious, though i do understand some relationships are like that

another thing i wasnt a Super Big Fan of was a lot of the characters being absent...again =_= i missed them in this book!!! i really did!!! and i get why the focus shifted to hazard, somers, and colt bc colt really was just making problems for everyone and their dynamic as a family Needed to be written, but it almost felt like everything else got shoved to the wayside these last couple of books, and this book only furthered that. which isnt necessarily bad, just...it made the book feel a little bit lonely, i guess. like i NEED to know whats going on with dulac bc that man is def going through something and i adore nico. give me more of that more of that man or so help me GOD im going to go crazy

i do also appreciate how this book in particular brought back how somers is <i>still</i> grappling with the guilt of the way he treated hazard in high school. it brought everything around in a nice little circle which is something ive always liked!

but, in the end, this is a good series and this ending it on par with the rest of the books, for the most part! itll be interesting to see if these two come back at some point bc i think theres a lot to them and their family that would be fun to read about as now theyve adopted colt! it would be nice to see how their family changes