This book has a great concept. This book is about what happens between Hunter and Ever once Sam leaves after he tells Ever to say that he killed her father and not her. Hunter has always had feeling for Ever. He saw her as someone special even before Sam did. Once Ever and Sam took their relationship to more than just friends he stepped back. Now that Sam is gone he is having trouble keeping those feelings at bay. At first Ever is getting over the fact that she killed her father and then lost Sam in the same night. He isn’t dead but she needs him while she is grieving and instead he left. While he did that because thought that was what was best at the time doesn’t change anything. Once Ever starts living again it becomes even harder for Hunter. Ever is finally able to do all the things she could never do before. She has a new friend Rilla and Rilla is helping Ever come out of her shell. Ever is starting to have feeling for Hunter and has guilt over this. She is seeing that Hunter has always been part of her life the same as Sam she just never realized it before. Now that she is spending more time with him she is realizing that she sees him and more than Sam’s brother and maybe they are meant to be and not Sam and her. Ever has all these new feeling and thoughts going through her heart and mind. She isn’t sure what to do about them at first. Once Sam starts writing her about what is going on with him since he left she sometimes feels and anger and annoyance with him. He is building this whole new life without her. Sam lets her know in one of her letters that he wants her to move to where he is and they can start over together. Ever loves duck creek and it isn’t until she goes to visit him that she truly realizes that Sam and her aren’t going to be together forever. But that doesn’t mean she will instantly fall into Hunter’s arms either. How can she say she ever truly loved Sam if she turns around and immediately goes to be with his brother? Will everyone come out okay or will three lives be forever changed with no happy ending in sight? I really like this book and love how it explained what happened between Ever and Hunter after Sam left. A lot of times you read a book where something like what happens in the first book happens and you are left wondering why what happened happens. I feel for Ever so has been through so much with her father. Then once he is gone her life almost gets worse instead of better. While no one is abusing her anymore she still has to deal with all this stuff. Plus learning what she really wants and feels. I can’t say enough about how much I love the concept of this book. I look forward to reading the next book in this trilogy as well as other books by Diana Gardin.
I was given this book in return for an honest review.

This was a DFN'd for me. I was never fully able to connect with the characters or the story and was only able to get through 30%.