I can safely say that I did not see what happened,
happening. This is not the final book of
the Hashtag Series but it is the conclusion of Rimmel and Romeo’s story. I think we all knew where there storyline was
going but with the cliff-hanger-esque finish of the last book, I was convinced
that anything could happen. And boy, did it.
At the end of the last book we were left with broken and
bruised protagonists, this book is all about their struggle and fight to play a
game that neither of them wanted to play. (Hence the title #Player, makes sense
now.) Ms. Hebert did an excellent job of
portraying Romeo’s struggle through all of this. Rimmel who was brutalized
wanted to shut him out and try to convince herself that she is okay. Slowly but surely, Romeo being the persistent
little person that he is worms his way through her walls yet again and ensures
her safety at all cost.
The fight that Rimmel faces is a bit more personal, left to
deal with the fallout from Romeo’s mother’s comment and her unwillingness to
believe is just one of the challenges she has to face. As time wears on so does
her determination to stay in the dark. She finally reads the police report of her
mother’s death and her life changes, everything she thought she knew was wrong.
She doesn’t know if she feels betrayed or relieved; relieved that they tried to
protect her from the evil in the world or betrayed that they tried to hide
something so important from her.
Something I really enjoyed from reading the whole series
back to back, Romeo’s character development. His whole life had been girls and
football, he was going to the NFL and he could get any girl he wanted except
Rimmel. He fought for her and has kept fighting for her. His maturity and
priorities changed her was willing to give up everything for Rimmel to make
sure she had the happiness she deserved.
These types of stories are typically wrapped up in one book with an
accelerated time line and character development that doesn’t seem realistic;
this series however did an excellent job on all fronts. I look forward to the
rest of the Hashtag Series in #Selfie.
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