Overall the story is good, the writing is excellent and despite the many cliches and tropes you can truly feel Esme's struggle. The only downside is the Mitchell character, there was too many pages devoted to him, his family his callousness and self centered personality. The way he manipulates Esme. There was a lot about him but not really anything to make the reader understand what gained Esme's utter devotion. If that part was left out the readers won't have missed anything. The ending scene with him seems enough of an explanation for his character and Esme's realization of what type of a person he truly was. *Thank you NetGalley and Gallery books for providing the ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review*