Review: 5 "You had me at 'the damn birds have gotten huge.'" SMOOCHES!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
"Every moment had led us here. Every second of our lives. Every beat of our hearts."Remember When 3 was bittersweet for me. I can’t believe Trip and Layla are over. But all good things must come to an end… and WHAT an ending it was. It is no secret how much I love this series… how much I adore T.T.!!! She did not disappoint!One of the reasons I love this series SO much is because of how relatable it is. We can all relate to young love. To falling for your best friend in high-school and wondering if they feel the same. To second guessing everything. And to being afraid to say how you feel in case he doesn’t feel the same.My heart broke in RW2 when once again Trip and Layla did not end up together. I was a sobbing MESS!So, it made me extremely happy to see them come together in the beginning of RW3. I have been through enough heart break. This book for me was about them finally getting it right."It’s strange how there are people in your life that never seem to leave it. Those friends that you may not talk to regularly, but whom you still very much consider a part of your life. You may go months, even years without seeing one another or speaking. But once you wind up together again, it’s as if not a single day has gone by."After all of the years that have passed and how much Trip and Layla have hurt each other, their bond is one that can’t be broken. I truly believe that the real friends that you make in your young life earn a place in your heart that no one else can ever fill. For Trip and Lay their bond was much, much deeper than just friendship. Years have passed, but when Trip needs her, Layla drops it all and with her heart on her sleeve, shows up to support her best friend… the love of her life, Trip Wiley."Suddenly, in that one flash of time, everything had become excruciatingly obvious. Every choice we’d ever made, every road we’d ever travelled brought us to this place. Every bad decision, every stupid screwup, every bit of drama. Every beautiful second together, every miserable hour apart… led us here.""There were no words that needed to be spoken, but I whispered, "I'm so sorry, Trip. I'm so sorry," and I was apologizing as much for his father's death as I was about ever letting him go."RW3 is a beautiful story about these two people who have loved each other their entire adult lives finally getting it right. Seeing them together again gave me butterflies. It gave me goosies! Was it all good times? No, of course not. They have to work through their issues like any other couple.One of my favorite things about Layla and Trip is their sense of humor. They really are best friends first. The humor throughout this entire series is great!There are so many moments that I found myself cracking up at them both. The movie references and role plays were perfection. The ending.. perfection! I could go on and on but I don't want to spoil this book. You deserve to experience it as you read it!"After all that we had been through—all the laughs and the heartache and the mistakes—the reality was that we were who we were. Not perfect. Just perfect together."Trip and Layla ARE perfect together. RW3 was breath-taking. I literally was blown away. Thank you T.T. for these beautiful characters, who will forever have a place in my heart. Well done my friend, WELL DONE! *smooches*