Rosie Peters has always felt like a girl caught between the lines of a storybook. Raised by three great-aunts in the small town of Harpersgrove, Maryland, while working at Hap-PIE-ly Ever After, the pie shop that's always felt like home.
When her estranged mother dies suddenly, everything unravels. The father she's never met shows up out of nowhere. Fashion school starts to feel like a fantasy meant for someone braver. Even her strongest friendships with the girls at the shop begin to fracture under the weight of grief, change, and things that should never have been said. Beneath it all, something darker stirs. It's a feeling Rosie can't shake, like deep dark water rising, waiting to pull her under. Then comes Joshua, the boy who makes Rosie's heart sing. Is he the answer, or could he be another riptide?
As secrets begin to break the surface and everything familiar slips through her fingers, Rosie must decide whether to be the person everyone has always known or rewrite the story on her own terms.
Touched with modern fairytale magic, Blackberry Pie is a story about loss, love, and learning to believe you're strong enough to save yourself.
I was so ready to jump back into the Hap-PIE-ly Ever After world. Rosie's story is intense, but oh so important. The elements of mental health and various relationship dynamics were beautifully written. And of course, I love the way the girls always come together to support each other.
I love this series deeply but this book made me want to smack the main character. Which in a way, is a good thing. I felt Rosie's pain as if it was my own and was rooting for her to make smarter decisions the entire book! I can't wait for the next book in the series to be released!!!!