"It was frustrating how when people loved you they took an interest in you and sometimes worried about you and personally cared what you did with yourself." 
 Set ten years after the last installment of the series herein we are reunited with our favourite sisterhood. At 29 the girls are coming to grips with the full reality of adult life, but more importantly coming to term with who they are to themselves and to one another. Unlike the previous books in the series, the tone of this one is much more serious and sad. It is also beautiful. 
 It is difficult to review this book without giving away the major plot, so I'm going to tip toe around that as best I can. At first I was concerned because it felt like the girls hadn't changed in the past 10 years, that while their age and lives changed they remained stagnant. After a few moments thought though I realized that of course they didn't change - not majorly at least. People, friends especially, change yes, but never very far. Lena is just as cautious as Bridget is impulsive; they're just doing these things in different ways. 
 For that, I felt the characterization and development of all the characters (not just our girls) was well done. Everybody's progress throughout the novel felt true to their nature. While I may have spent the majority of this novel in tears (both sad and happy ones!) it was most definitely worth it.