Ugly Perfections

by Elisa Rossmann

Adeline Ross was never the perfect one.
Not like her brother. Not like her sisters.
But when tragedy tears her family apart and she’s sent to an elite school, she enters a world where perfection is everything — and nothing is what it seems.
As anonymous threats surface and buried secrets begin to unravel, Adeline finds herself drawn to the town’s most notorious celebrity and Kai Steele.
The deeper she digs, the more blurred the lines become. Between truth and performance. Between guilt and grief. Between who Adeline is and who they’ve all decided she must be.
And in a place where everyone is watching, the worst thing you can do is let them see too much.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance

640 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 8, 2026

Reviews

[Hyacinth🪻 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to be honest—the ending of Ugly Perfections left me deeply frustrated. I spent hours binge-reading, even sacrificing my sleep to finish it in one sitting, only to be met with an open ending. While I can see the narrative hints and understand what the author may have been aiming for, I truly hoped there would be some form of resolution. Instead, the ending felt more abrupt than meaningful.

Another issue I had was the sheer number of character deaths in this story. Mason, Addie's father, Will, Irina, Kai’s sister, Paris, Anderson, not to mention Liam's impending fate—one after another, characters were killed off so frequently that the emotional weight began to feel diluted rather than impactful.

There are also several plot elements that remain frustratingly unexplored. The orphanage, the burns, and those responsible behind them are left largely unanswered. I felt the story would have benefited from more clues and a stronger buildup of suspense surrounding the perpetrators. While the chase scenes themselves are undeniably terrifying and effective, the narrative tension leading up to them felt uneven. This was especially noticeable in Paris’ twist, which felt rushed rather than fully earned.

That said, the characters are a strong point of the story. Despite being somewhat dysfunctional at times, the friend group worked well together and felt natural, almost like pieces of a puzzle. However, some characters were pushed aside too easily in the latter half—Vivienne, Ajax, and even Addie’s sisters deserved more presence. I was also particularly drawn to Liam; his character was compelling, and I wished there had been more exploration of his health and how it may have deteriorated after everything he endured.

Overall, Ugly Perfections was an engaging read with likeable characters and moments of genuine tension. However, the unresolved plot threads and open ending—something I’ve never personally enjoyed—ultimately lowered my overall impression. While enjoyment is subjective, this book lands at a 3.5-star rating for me.

[Mady Lovely]

I cannot wait to read this book.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a first book and being only 17 this is not a bad book, i will say i feel it was a bit all over the place and things don’t feel finished but credit where credits due i couldn’t write book and im 40 😂

[Beth Tomes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got so hooked on the start of this book and really loved it but was a bit unsure how I felt about the ending. There were a few bits I would have loved to have known more about, especially the part with Liams health but still a great read:)

[Bronte Readss · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the storyline and this book. I will admit at times I did get a bit annoyed about how over explained some things were for example when the characters were in a middle of a conversation and then addie had to go into details of her current thoughts and opinion on the other character mid conversation.

I also was getting a bit confused as to if they were in high school or college (this may be because of where I'm from) but they kept referring to the school as a college but then it gave off very high school vibes which just left me a bit confused especially since addies sisters were older but they were in the same class, so I assume they were in college??

Another thing that left me confused is the whole fathers death - it was said at the beginning of the book that he died around the same time as Kai's sister 1:15pm (or something similar) but then later in the book from Kai's pov he kept saying "that night that Wren was killed" and "addies dad was a drunk driver that night" but they were killed in the afternoon???

I felt that there was a lot of opened ended story plots that never got answered like the orphanage, the burns, Liam's health etc.

I didn't necessary hate the ending but I wished there was some conclusion as to why Kai kept the need to just leave everyone in his life. Maybe another pov from him saying he couldn't handle it all and needed a fresh start and a new life would've left me satisfied tbh but it was just kinda left to the readers imagination for what happened to Kai and his thought process.

Overall I just felt bad for Addie as everyone just let her down and lowkey hated her for no reason like I don't understand why Mason treated her like that and her whole family??? I'm glad that she had her "family" as her friends in the end.

[Alba Lozano · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was good, but had to many POVS, wish it was like a series to get more of each story.

[Livingwith Hopes · Rating 1 out of 5]

1⭐ Sorry but no no no . The writer has potential but the plot and the story was the most chaotic ever. There were so many mistakes with grammar and plot holes, the plot was so random and so incoherent i was so lost and confused all the time.

[Sydney Fox · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, it had so much potential but I just couldn’t keep up with all the random side plots and characters. What was the trauma with her brother really? what was with the burns? Why did so many people have to die? An affair was the reason for so many things? Really?Who are some of these people? Also the ending. No.

[The little reader · Rating 2 out of 5]

I waited months—almost a year—for this book, only to read it and find out it ends like THIS?!?! Is this for real?!?! I can't believe it; I just can't accept it. This book would have been perfect if only it had ended on a better note, in a much nicer way. For example...
⚠️ SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RUIN A MAJOR PLOT TWIST
...after they discovered who was responsible for the murder of her father (and kai's sister), Kai should have just killed them instead of doing everything he did to Adaline. I wanted a happy ending so badly! If it had ended well, I would have given it 5 stars. The end just made me so frustrated. I also think that most characters deserved more. Will DID NOT deserve to die. AND WHAT ABOUT KAI??!?!?WHAT IS THAT ENDING?! HE BETTER NOT BE dead. I need part 2 of the book rn!

[Sasha Iranova · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is painfully underated i was sobbing the last 50 pages
my beautiful boy kai he never got his happy ending he went through so much i guess this shows that some damage is not fixable i have to agree the book was a bit complicated and had a lot of plots but what i didn't expect at all was this ending will dying and kai just disappearing
like addie i like to belive that he is free finally free
i know that whether he loved her or no it's up to interpreton because the narrator is unreliable but I think deep deep down he did care a lot about her he was just too broken to show it and to be honest
a lot of quotes on the book hit hard and a lot of scenes were so meaningful especially addies brother dying before he got to hit send that shows us how we shouldn't wait
kai and will i will forever remember you my two boys who never got their happy ending


(the multiple pov pissed me of so much we are in a middle of an important scene and then we get a pov of paris four fucking years ago i dont give a rats ass about fucking Paris )
overall a 4/5 now I'm going to watch sad edits on Tik tok






They keep comingback, with a cold bitterness that sticks to you, like smoke in your lungs. They crawl under your skin when you’re trying to forget, invade yourmind like a predator. And as much as anyone tells you that time heals
everything, I’d like to tell you that they’re wrong, because time only hides the worst of it until you’re brave enough, or maybe reckless enough, to look again.




“Was that your sister?”
I nod, unsure of where this is going.
“Your sister’s a bitch,” he says matter-of-factly.



“You always seem half asleep,” he says after a beat, voice low, almost bored.



He is so stunningly perfect it almost hurts to look at him. There’s a timelessness about his beauty, too. Like he’s lived a thousand lives already and will live a thousand more. There is no era he wouldn’t belong in

The look in his eye would be slightly offputting—or even intimidating, I
imagine—if he wasn’t so pretty.-will said this btw



There’s something about Kai, always has been. He’s one of the most
brilliant people I’ve ever met, and I think he knows it too. He’s good at absolutely everything, and he always knows exactly what to say. I can’t help but admire him. Can’t help but feel drawn to him



Aspice me iterum sic.”(Look at me like that again.”)

devorare possem sine te tangere(“I could devour you without touching you.” )



“Perfect people don’t exist.”
“Just exhausted ones,” he finishes after a pause.



I notice a new contact added.
“So you can ask me questions.” He smirks, pulling out a pen.




“Switch with me.”
I blink. “What?”
“Be my partner.”



“Obsession will always surpass talent.”

“Kai is made of rage, Adeline. And hate. He wakes up with it. He builds with it. Hewins with it.”



People are the cruellest creatures; I realized that a long time ago. We’re
capable of immense kindness, and unfathomable cruelty. We can be so
much more than what we already are, but we rarely choose to be. Because
people like being comfortable, and they like feeling stable. Most of them
aren’t willing to give that up, even for the chance of a fairer world. Humans would much rather build walls than bridges, because walls feel safer. But a wall can never save you, it only locks you inside with your own rot.
That’s why we fail, and why we’ll continue to do so. There is no hope for us. No redemption.It’s almost laughable and extremely irritating how no one seems to
understand what a contradiction humanity is. A species apparently too clever to be kind and too proud to admit its own sickness.We are all diseased. We are all animals. Animals wearing suits.


The death of a star, after all, is a lonely thing.  And the most beautiful
proof that light lies.



I stop the recording. My thumb hovers over the Send button. One tap.
That’s all it would take. One second and it would be hers.
But I don’t press it.
Maybe I hesitate because I’m scared. Maybe because it’s too honest. Too
late.
I lock the screen and slide the phone back into my jacket.
Later, I tell myself. I’ll send it later.
But later never comes.
Because before I even leave the room, before I so much as try and get out of her bed, I’m already gone.



Every step I take, every breath, every word someone throws at me. The
fire’s louder now—meaner, hungrier.
Every time I so much as look at Adeline.
God.
Especially when I look at her.



“And then that day on the bus,” Kai lets out a low laugh, shaking his head like he still can’t quite believe it. “You looked wrecked. Like you hadn’t slept in days. And anyone else, anyone normal, would’ve told me to
get lost. Or ignored me.” He pauses, his mouth twitching into something that’s not quite a smile, not quite a smirk. “But you didn’t. I walked over, and you smiled at me.”
The laugh slips out of him again, softer this time. “You were ridiculous.Completely ridiculous. And you managed to care anyway.”My throat tightens. I want to look away, but I can’t. He shakes his head, almost like he’s scolding me, though his voice stays soft. “You were ridiculous. And you were extraordinary.”


“Is it something bad, is that it?” I ask,
frowning.i hear him sigh, and then I feel a hand brush a hair away from my face.
“Don’t look at me like that, Soreya. You’ll make me tell the truth.”


“Does anything really need to be finished to hold meaning?” He swallows once. His eyes drop to the poem, still open in my hands, before lifting back to meet mine. “And the way he looks at you sometimes…” he says, “Like you’re the last open door in a burning, smoky house.”

[julka · Rating 3 out of 5]

wszystko fajnie itp, ale co to wtf za zakończenie

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That’s the thing about betrayal; it never comes from our enemies. Only those you let in close enough to touch your heart can break it.

And yet she’s still helping them. But you can’t pour water from an empty cup no matter how hard you try.

My entire life, I’ve watched friendships bloom around me, easily. I watched my siblings love and be loved. They had people waiting at the door, calling their names, linking their arms as they walked down the street. They had sleepovers and inside jokes and birthday parties filled with people…
They knew how to make people love them. I could barely get people to tolerate me.

Somehow, I always get everything wrong, and they always get it right. They speak and people listen, they walk into a room and people want them there. Their mistakes are the kind that get laughed off.
Mine aren’t. I don’t get to be the funny one, the charming one, the effortlessly likable one. I don’t get to be the friend that someone is excited to see, the person people text first, the one who belongs without having to prove it.
I am tolerated, at best. A mistake, at worst.

I’m not the wrong choice; I’m no choice at all.

I swallow and turn back to Kai. “Why?”
His lips twitch into something that might be a smile. “Because if I have to stand in this room for another minute pretending to enjoy small talk, I might set this entire place on fire.”
“And dancing is better?”
“With you, it might be.”

He doesn’t pull me close, but his fingers close around mine. “Come on, Soreya,” he says, quieter this time. At the sound of it, Christian’s head snaps up. He watches Kai now, with a sharp, sudden frown.

And I wonder, just for a moment, if someone’s heart breaks quietly enough, does it still make a sound?
Because mine does.
Right here.
Right now.
And he doesn’t hear it at all.

Soreya
I dreamed her name before I knew it,
soft as snowmelt, sharp as bone.
She came when the clocks unspoke themselves
and the moon turned to stone.
She came when the walls began whispering,
when thought unravelled like thread.
She braided my silence into a crown,
and placed it upon my head.
Was she a ghost I loved too well,
or love that made me a ghost?
A wound that dressed itself in silk
A cure that hurt the most
Some nights she bound the fractures,
and stitched the dark with song.
Some nights she unstitched me faster,
and I loved her for it wrong.
They ask me if she saved me.
They ask what her name implies.
I say: star that drowns in daylight,
ghost that teaches lies.
Soreya, Soreya
you bloom in the corner of reason.
Some call you beloved,
but I call you season.
They told me to stop writing her.
They locked all the pens away.
But I still hear her singing
when the mirrors look away.
I don’t know if…

He swallows once. His eyes drop to the poem, still open in my hands, before lifting back to meet mine. “And the way he looks at you sometimes…” he says, “Like you’re the last open door in a burning, smoky house.”
I freeze.
“But an open door in a fire is—” I start, voice shaky.
“Exactly,” Christian says, cutting me off gently.
A way out.
A last chance.
A risk.


ja wam powiem jaki risk - taki jakim było to zakończenie, nir podobało mi się

[Lena Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this book!!
I don’t usually write reviews but I have very strong opinions on this book. The writing style itself is incredible and I felt I learned so much about life in general while reading this. They’re SO perceptive and insightful, and for a 17-year-old that is incredibly impressive. Even though, I will say some parts did seem unnecessarily long but considering this is self-published and didn’t go through proper professional editing, it’s understandable.

The characters were very deep and complex, especially Kai and I was so sad about how his friendship with Paris turned out in the end. He’s so well written that I kind of hate him because he’s so manipulative and conniving but I also love him at the same time. ALSO DID HE TAKE ADELINE’S GUIDE TO OVERCOMING LONELINESS???? I was thinking about this and he put something in her pocket before she passed out and then she ended up finding it later??? See this is what I mean, I’m inclined to hate him but I also understand him and can empathise with him.

The ending was sad, but I didn’t hate it. I absolutely DON’T think Kai should have ended up with Adeline purely because she deserves better than someone who will inevitably hurt her in and everyone else in the end. Him disappearing was probably the best thing that could have happened and I really hope he found peace or he’s an inventor somewhere. Also, it makes sense that he remained a “figment of their imagination” after he went missing because that’s all he ever was to society etc etc.

Overall, things were left pretty unfinished BUT apparently it’s meant to be a series so I guess that makes sense. I REALLY want to know what happens to Liam and how his health is since it wasn’t really explored though I did catch onto the metaphor of the clock so I wonder if that’s supposed to explain his ending more?? I also really want to know more about Mason and Paris and their relationship!!

[zey 😻 · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a slow reader this was the 2nd book in my life where I read all of it in just a span of 2 days. With my hands shaking and eyes wide awake for all night. One of the best books I've read in short. ALTHOUGH that ending man. That ending. I was shaking LITERALLY shaking. Please please please just another verison of the last few chapters where 1st WILL DOESNT DIE. 2nd KAI DOESNT GO INTO A COMA. While it's all shattered, them throwing a birthday party without Kai killed me. Like what do you mean out of all things that could happen that was mentioned during the book (such as Liam making Kym smile for the first time) OUT OF ALL THINGS it was Adeline getting a birthday party. LIKE WHAT?? I love her but WHAT. I need someone to rewrite the ending. Will can't die because why would he????? Anderson did not have any reason in the world to kill him. Like that too. He didn't have any reason in the storyline of the book to die. ALSO Liam's tumor!!! That was mentioned ONCE in the goddamn 600 pages and NEVER AGAIN. What happened to him?? Did he tell people?? Did the tumor grow?? Did it magically heal??? I needed a scene where Liam tells Kym about it and Kym just comforts him, like a his-head-on-her-lap kind of scene. OH and the relationship between Will and Kai.. It had the potential to turn into a BEAUTIFUL gay relationship in another universe. Without Adeline. There was so many underdeveloped points that was mentioned that could turn into a whole another side-plot. Like okay although after all of it happened in the birthday party it was the PERFECT scene to bring back Kai and make them all live happily ever after. I fully expected that. The fact that it didn't have any epilogue KILLED ME. It had the perfect chance to provide a good epilogue even after that horrid scene in the garden. One of those being the burn scars on Kai's back!! We know someone did those but WHO!! AND WHY!!! That scene was so well set and yet went to waste. Such a shame.

[Mia Check · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW WOW WOW!!!

For a debut, this is beautiful! This is one of the first books I’ve read this year and what a great start! I finished re-reading this a few hours ago (I was a sobbing mess) and I’ve found myself still thinking about these characters. I’ve noticed that on the second read, I interpreted everything completely differently. Kai, I found, was much more manipulative and complex the second time I read it and I started to think maybe Adeline was an unreliable narrator. Especially when she says that “being with him was like a soft blindness, like falling asleep with someone lightly covering your eyes”. INCREDIBLE metaphor by the way. Also, this might be a stretch by when they’re by the fireplace and Kai’s shadow is described to stretch the furthest which I interpreted as his darkness will always overtake his light.

There were so many others clues that I’d missed and I think now I’m beginning to understand why the author ended it the way she did. I WANTED them to end up together and was frustrated the first time I finished it because of the ending, but now I realise that Kai ending up with Addie probably would have completely erased all of Addie’s character development and would have been extremely unfair to her. Not everyone can be saved, and Kai was already too damaged.

Anyway, this book was a beautiful tragedy that really made me think and I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. I’d encourage everyone to read this book at least twice in case you’ve missed anything because I certainly did.

[maliareads · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

Before I dive into my thoughts and feelings about this book, I just wanted to say that I cannot believe that this book was written by a 17 year old. The writing in this book feels like it was written from experience, which made this story so raw and so beautiful.

The plot of this book, from the very beginning, is something which had me completely hooked. I could not for the life of me guess the direction in which this book was going, which is what made it so interesting.

I really enjoyed getting different POVs from the other characters, because it truly added to the intrigue of the plot and I found myself wanting to know more and more about all of the characters.

Ooh, the way the plot thickened at the end had me on the edge of my seat but the ending had me super unwell. I will say it did feel slightly rushed, but nonetheless, I was shocked! I felt SICK to my stomach. Oh, how I hate and love a bittersweet ending!

I can’t wait to read more from this author. I’d love to know more about the mystery around the orphanage in this book and how it connects some of the characters and WHY exactly they were sent there. I feel like that was one part of the plot that was left slightly unexplained, whether that is intentional to set up the plots for other books, I’m not sure, but it would be so interesting to read about!

Truly such an intriguing read!

[Karlijn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before you start reading this review, please note that I will not be stating disclaimers and therefore will not analyse and or give solid arguments. I will simply tell you my experience, hoping it is enough to convice you to read this absolutely stunning and breathtaking book. But that is up to you to decide.

I have never once in my life been so broken by a book. I got so attached to all of the characters and I cried. I cried for 4 hours straight after completing this book. And I must say, it was worth it. Please take to heart that I love a great deal of books, but this one I admire. This one has reached far beyond my previous number 1 book and will not ever be knocked from the pedestal it now stands on. Thank you Elisa Rossmann. For bringing this book to me, for making me feel such intense emotions, for absolutely making me adore a book again. Thank you.

And for all else who is wondering if they should buy and read this book. Please do, you will experience what it is to be alive again, you will cry, you will kick your feet and giggle, you will roll your eyes and you will feel second hand embarrassment. But it will all be worth it, because after you've read this book, you will never look at books the same way again.

Love,
A fellow reader.

[Lai_ba · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING. Ok so, i don't ever really have favourite books that aren't part of a series but this ONE. It's just perfect full of mixed emotions and trauma, and i had a feeling that Paris was one of the stalkers. Anyways, why didn't kai come back for?!? It literally ended me on a cliffhanger, how am i meant to know what happens between kai and adeline! There better be a book 2 becuase if not, i'm going to write to the author because BRO! Cliffhanger, who? AND WILL!! Noooooo, stoppp i can't believe he did that for them! And when kai made adeline unconsious i was confused at first but THEN it kind of made sense. Kai was going crazy but he couldn't help it. The book ended on a happy note but i need more to the story, i have many questions. Like e.g. does kai ever come back? Is there going to be a book 2? What happens to adeline and her sisters? (OK i HATE naomi like i kind of get sam because she had a job but lost it naomi was useless and SO ungrateful. I was like YES adeline make your point because i knew she had so much against her and would've won against naomi in an argument) ok and when she PUSHED her down the stair! OH MY GOD!! I NEED more of this book, why the cliffhanger!?! 😭😭 I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO MANY PEOPLE, READ IT BUT BEWARE OF THE CLIFFHANGER THAT IS TO COME. THIS BOOK WILL BREAK YOU!! BUT I LOVED IT TOTALLY A MILLION STARS OUT OF 5, LOVED IT, more to come xx…

[Keira Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

went in to this thinking it was a romance book could not have been more wrong was lowk heartbreaking but needed to be multiple books for it to have been great because there are so many things left unfinished also the ending was devastating but it should have been drawled out more and it doesn’t make sense for kai to die and want a new life without his friends but still watch them from a distance i feel like this book just needed more closure in general but overall i was genuinely hooked on this book i always wanted to know what was going to happen next but it just like it needs more and also id love to dive deeper into kai’s thoughts because we got glimpses but not nearly enough to be fully immersed in what he was thinking

[Lina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow I’m really happy that I read this book. I truly enjoyed it, although some parts were quite unclear to me.

Will didn’t have to die —so many people in this book have died already. It’s still unclear for me why Kai chocked Adeline… like why did he do that? What was his purpose?

Adeline and her friends still don’t know that Liam has cancer when will he tell them?

Also, why so many pages and the story is still on going. I didn’t like that there is an open ending but yea ..


For the author: thank you so much for creating this beautiful story. Like girl I’m genuinely proud of you. You’re only one year older than me and you’ve already written a book at this age. It’s truly incredible and I admire you for that. I’m proud of you and thank again for making this wonderful story.

Xxx

[Joud The Alpha · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved the writing, characters and their depth. as well as the shadowing and metaphors and layers behind some scenes.
however, the ending was too open ended and a lot of plot points remain unfinished, excessive unnecessary deaths, mid-way some characters were pushed aside (her sisters, ajaax, vivienne), not to mention the death of her mother left me confused, the funeral was a week or 2 after? we never knew what happened and how? what's the story of the orphanage, the scars, her father and his shop, her teacher? liam's cancer? Will and Kym's past in more detail?
so I hope there's another book because the writing is really compelling and poetic

[Lou · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this book was quite boring to begin with, as it was just about the stalker on and on and we got no clues. Some things were (I feel like) repeated in the book or parts that didn’t match which got me confused. But the closer I got to the end, the more I got obsessed. The romance (?) between Kai and Addie took all of my attention. When I read the end I honestly just stared at the book- stared because I was so heartbroken. Overall, don’t read this if your not ready to get your heart broken.

[Olivia Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10 traditional Wattpad experience, what more can a girl want???? The plot didn’t really make sense to me, I couldn’t differentiate most the characters for a lot of the book and they were all crazy, everyone had crazy mad deep trauma, the fmc was insufferable, mmc left in what was supposed to be sad, tragic I think? (everyone throwing up at his scars had me rolling, so awful 😭). Like I said, 10/10 Wattpad experience, and when I realised the author was my age, so impressive, like DAMN Im lacking in accomplishments. Took me back to staying up till 4am aged 13 reading the most unhinged books.

[Lor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok so lots of things happen and it gets confusing at times, like when she saw Kai for the first or second time on the bus and said his name but then later realised it was Kai. Confusing that she said it before even realising, also too many POV switches for my liking, I understand it helps with understanding the characters but still. Also HATE that Kai and Addie didn't have a happy ending :((( loved the book near the end though, really started liking the main characters and the group, poor will too wtf :(( wish there was a second book to see if Kai and Addie get together or not

[Karen Vanwesten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Distress

(Spoilers) To be honest I am overwhelmed and distraught after that ending. I read this book in one haha. One sitting infact. I loved Kais complex character and how you can't just fix someone like him. For some reason I dont believe he is dead, props because I don't want too. Overall, your writing was amazing to read and I can tell all the thought you put behind everything.

[pascale · Rating 3 out of 5]

j’allais mettre 4 étoile mais wtf la fin? c’est pas bien réfléchi, comme la finale de stranger things, on s’attendait franchement à mieux. outre ça c’était super bon, les personnages n’était pas que parfait et j’ai aimé. il y avais trop de description trop décrite alors sa venait difficile à comprendre des fois étant donné qu’il n’y avait pas place à aucune imagination.
le personnage de Kai aurait vrm pu mieux finir.

[Sofi Gugliotta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literalmente no pude parar de leerlo. Es un libro que está tan bien escrito que no te das cuenta que pasaron horas y seguís leyendo.
La historia es tan triste, tan real, tan trágica pero tan hermosa. Me quedo con muchas dudas, sin saber que es de Kai pero quiero creer que el sigue ahí, cuidándola a Addie, a Liam, a Christian, a los suyos.

[Veronica Negro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easy to read, I felt there were alot of characters hurriedly introduced and given deep meaningful backstories but done in too short a time period. Felt rushed and clunky with the different perspectives plus the mystery element made it seem like too much was going on. I got bored toward the end and wanted to just finish it and I didn’t like the ending.

[İlhana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story had me hooked at start, then it felt a bit long, but hateeee the ending, so many questions left unanswered, not sure how I feel :/

edit: found out on tiktok there will be book 2 so we'll see, I'll probably read it, I just hope that the rest of characters will survive lmao

[Abigail Beug · Rating 3 out of 5]

I genuinely struggled to decide what rate this… I feel like the story had so much potential but the ending was just terribly underwhelming :( Overall it’s solid I suppose. I thought it was a romance (it isn’t) and it kinda drove me insane with random, unnecessary plot points.

[crala · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5?? ⭐️