I was REALLY disappointed in this book so gave it a 3 stars. It is very well written and you get drawn into the characters lives and what they are going though, but after tons of heartache (and I mean TONS of it) the main character goes through, there is not an HEA. I was left thinking WTF. It is not a bad ending, just not HEA. After all the sadness I needed that HEA to make it a good book for me. It has been left open for a HEA in the next book, but I will not read it unless I am guaranteed the HEA at the end, and most definitely will not buy it new as I did this one.