Long Way Home

Where to even start? I loved this book beyond words, but I will try to explain how much I loved this book. Long Way Home could be my favorite book in Thunder Road. It could even be my favorite book by Katie McGarry, and that’s saying a lot. I had huge expectations of this book, because I know McGarry writes amazing books, and I know I love her books, so high expectations that they’re practically impossible to live up to. Long Way Home didn’t live up to my expectations. It beat them. I LOVE Violet. I always liked Violet, from the first time we met her in Nowhere but Here. But I started loving her in this book. I loved following her thoughts. Violet is a great character. She’s independent and relatable, but she isn’t perfect. She makes mistakes, has trust issues, and she blames the Terror for her father’s death. She can be downright mean to Eli. But that is great, because what person is perfect? Her flaws only make her realistic and more relatable. What’s great is that Violet grows a lot through the book. I don’t want to say too much and spoil anything, but let’s just say her life changes, and so does she. Violet is the perfect (imperfect) heroine. How about Chevy? Here’s the thing: I’ve always loved Chevy. Like, really loved him. Since the moment I met him in Nowhere but Here, I’ve loved him. And this didn’t change in Long Way Home. If possible, I fell even more in love with him. Chevy is the perfect swoon-worthy male: he’s sweet and protective and caring and just generally swoon-worthy. I’ve always shipped Chevy and Violet, but in this book, I was seriously considering stopping just so I could have him for myself. The plot was amazing! It started out very fast, with a lot of things happening right at the beginning. Often, I write that the ending of a book is heartbreaking, but in this case, the beginning was. I cried and yelled and then cried some more, because it hurt that Chevy and Violet had to go through that. That being said, it kicked the book off in a great way, and it only got better from there. Sure, it still hurt to see Chevy and Violet struggle with what had happened, but it only made it more impossible to put it away. This whole book, and not just the ending, was the perfect ending to the series, but especially the ending. It felt right that this was the end, even if I’m sad that there won’t be any more books. I can’t say anything else about it without spoiling it, so you’ll just have to read the book. The end. This is the end, you guys. The end. I’m not sure how to cope with that. This series is one of my favorite Contemporary series, it has had me crying and laughing and swooning and crying some more. I am so sad it’s over. If you excuse me, I’m going to go cry some more because it’s over. Long Way Home was the perfect blend between swoon-worthy romance, jealousy-inducing friendship and heart-stopping suspense. It kept me up all night, crying, laughing, fangirling, and then crying some more. So, in case you didn’t get it from my review, you MUST read this book!