Review: feel like you are grow up with Wilson Mooney
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
From the very beginning of this series, I knew that Gretchen de la O had given us a gem. What I hadn't expected was the respectful, slow and magical transition from YA to more Adult. You literally feel like you are growing up with Wilson Mooney, our heroine of the series.In the final installment to the Wilson Mooney Series, we finally get to know what happened in the epic cliffhanger of "Eighteen At Last." Wilson and Max are reeling from the last few days. Max, dealing with the death of his father and Wilson with the decisions she has made as a result of hurt feelings and misunderstandings.The one thing that is hard for me to remember, even though Max is Wilson's teacher, he is still relatively young himself. Two young people dealing with a love so epic, there are bound to be major bumps in the road.However, the one constant is their unquestionable love for one another. "Beyond Eighteen" delivers us the stunning conclusion while adding its own bit of drama for Max and Wilson. Before they an truly move on with their rest of their lives, Max must face what the death of his father means for his future when the conditions of the will come to light. Wilson must likewise finalize things with the death of her grandfather and figure out what the next steps will be with her mother.A beautiful series written for the hopeless romantic in all of us, Gretchen does not disappoint with the HEA and delivers a book boyfriend the teenage girl and young lady in all of us dreamed existed.