
She spurs him to make changes in his life. He mostly encourages her, giving her the touches and support she doesn’t get elsewhere. But I also adore how Lars never tries to squelch her unique and wildfire-like mouth. She may regret allowing them to spew forth sometimes, but she never stops herself the next time. There are so many times I felt my cheeks flush with embarrassment at something Susie had allowed to escape her mouth, and she never holds back her words. While I may not be as loose-tongued as Susie, I often wish I was, so hearing her speak her mind over and over again throughout the length of End of Story was cathartic in all of the very best ways. I have fallen in love with her female characters book after book after book, and Susie is the next in a long line of them that I will channel in tumultuous times. Susie is another in a long line of supremely relatable heroines from Kylie Scott, and I’m sure by the end of this End of Story book review, I’ll still not have done her complexity justice. If my End of Story book review is capable of capturing even a modicum of her brilliance, it will be my best work yet. I always seem to walk away from her books with a new appreciation for life, and a quality or two from her characters that I strive to emulate. There’s never a shortage of fun and flirty banter, but it’s truly held together by poignant, soul-bearing honesty and unbelievable character development. It’s always a pleasure to crack open a new Kylie Scott story.
