I was pleasantly surprised. I had grown tired of the Sisterhood Series, and more or less was forcing myself to continue reading each new one when it came out. With the last several books I had been disappointed, feeling as though Fern was beating a dead horse - they were all starting to sound the same to me - nothing really new. I felt that she had worn out her welcome with this series - I was like "end it already!" I felt it was just going to go and on forever - and that with each book she was teasing us - making us think there was a chance that it was the last one. But, I think she has finally redeemed herself - well done! (of course she has once again left the door open for herself at the very end of this novel......Follow the lead of Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano and now Simon Cowell)