Actual rating: 3.5 stars. I love loved Kate! She is strong, passionate, funny, and so resilient. I also appreciated the fact that she was independent and firmly rooted in her little Spindle Cove community. While I think Thorne was a good foil for Kate's personality, I never fully got behind their relationship. I think he was a bit over dramatic in the end, and unfortunately his story wasn't enough to convince me that his behavior toward Kate was justified. I still liked them together, generally, and enjoyed the development of their relationship. 
 The end got a little chaotic, but in a zany, harmless way. After everything, I was happy that Kate ended up with a loving husband AND a family.