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    Sisterhood Everlasting: A Novel

    Written by Ann Brashares

    Narrated by Angela Goethals

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    Return to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . ten years later

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting.

    Despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn't take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can't seem to shed her old restlessness.

    Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever-but in ways that none of them could ever have expected.

    As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 14, 2011
    ISBN9780307912237
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    Sisterhood Everlasting: A Novel
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    Ann Brashares

    Ann Brashares is the author of the phenomenal five-million-copies-selling series of young adult novels, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Girls In Pants, and Forever in Blue, and the New York Times bestselling adult novel The Last Summer (of You and Me).

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    • 5/5
      To say that I love the sisterhood of the traveling pants series would be an understatement. When I started this book it was a welcome back of sorts to the series after many many years. I decided to read the whole series or rather listen to the whole series before listening to this book and quickly felt very disgruntled and very upset with the way Ann Brashares was taking her characters that we had grown to love. But I promise, if you stick with it you’ll really really love this book in every way.
    • 4/5
      So it's ten years after the original books, and everything should be great, right? I mean, there's got to be a problem for a story, but I really wasn't expecting to be hit the way it was and to watch everyone's world's, which were already shaky, just completely crumble. Yeah, it was not what I expected to watch literally everyone fall apart, but it changes. Everyone goes on a separate journey, and in the end, they get put back together, somewhat better than before. We finally get that epilogue that we needed the whole time.
    • 5/5
      It made me cry more than once, but it was totally worth it. I finished this in a day.
    • 4/5
      Of the five books in this series, this was probably my favorite. It was nice to see how their lives kind of blew up and apart and yet they are never apart. I don't want to give anything away. I will say with this book you can see Ann Brashares' writing improve and expand. Or maybe mature. Great story and sad to see their 'story' end.
    • 4/5
      You are going to hate the first few chapters. Stay with it. It gets good. I promise.
    • 5/5
      This is the fifth book in the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" books. We find the girls now women on the verge of their 30th birthdays. Carmen is a semi-successful working actress on a TV show and engaged to Jones, a network exec 10 years her senior. Bee is being her typical flower child self with Eric (now a lawyer) in San Francisco. Lena is living in Providence and teaching art at RSID. Tibby has apparently run off to Australia with Brian for his software job and not been heard from much in the last two years -- until she sends each woman a text saying to expect something in the mail. Turns out, she has bought plane tickets for all of them to go back to Santorini. She needs to talk to them and get them all back together. The trip in Santorini starts off all wrong from the moment they get there, and the rest of the book is how each of them deals with the results.

      I read the book in a day. I just could not put it down. I knew where it was going in some ways, but in others, I just wanted to find out so badly that I lost sleep. I'd forgotten how much I related to almost all these girls (except Bee, really), and my heart ached as each of them tried to find their way through the pain. There were so many heart-breaking, gut-wrenching moments, and I kept rooting for all of them to figure themselves and each other back out and regroup. Of course they so, but I will not spoil it by telling you how. Trust me, it was worth the journey they each took.

      I'm glad I took the time to read this book. I doubt there will be a sixth novel. This one really felt like an ending -- for the readers at least. For the women, though? It was a beginning.
    • 5/5
      I think this was the best of them all. Sad at points, but always in a perfect way. The only thing better would be for Carmen to end up with Roberto. Or at least contact him and be dating.
    • 3/5
      So, a few weeks after finishing this, I'm mildly torn between 3 and 4 stars. Since I'm still a little angry about one of the final revelations of the book, my bitterness is going to lock it in at a three.

      Yes, it's kind of predictable. Checking in on these women years later, you know that SOMETHING TERRIBLE is going to have to happen to justify looking in on their lives at this moment. If not, why this moment instead of 5 years either direction? That said, SOMETHING TERRIBLE rips me up. A half-hour or so after discovering ST, I made the mistake of generalizing it to my life and my long-term friendships and became a sobbing mess for over an hour. I don't cry often, and rarely cry this hard. You'll judge me for it (BRING IT!), but the last time I cried this hard was over Data dying in Star Trek: Nemesis.

      So, ST happens, and it rocks the friendship to the core, and is a pretty realistic portrayal of how different people handle feelings of guilt and regret. I'd like to say that this would make this a good read even in you haven't read the previous books, but I don't think it would be the same if you don't know the characters from the previous stories.

      One aspect of the Sisterhood books that I've always liked is that they aren't "balanced", each character doesn't face the same intensity of situation as each of her friends in each book. This is more realistic, and I feel it makes for a better read. That said, this was a fantastic Lena book, the best to date. Lena, the mature friend, the motherly one to all the others, having to find the strength to face her greatest fear, was an absolute gem of a story. Carmen's story wasn't nearly so great this time. Maybe this is just me subconsciously comparing this story to book 4, which was a fantastic Carmen story.

      And then something TRULY TERRIBLE happens. STOP READING THIS REVIEW IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS!


      For a writer, there is a fine line between trying to convey your point with eloquence and power, and outright manipulation of your audience. A final revelation in the story meant to soften the pain of ST cheapened the whole story for me. I'm trying to mention this without spoilers, and it's hard. Basically, after ST happens, everyone makes assumptions, but these assumptions are strengthened by writings from one of the characters. In the light of the TT revelation, the wording of these writings doesn't make sense to me. It feels false, and it comes close to ruining the whole story for me.


    • 5/5
      I received this book as part of the Early Reviewer's, and I was excited to get it because this was a series I had always wanted to read, but never go in to and this gave me the perfect excuse. I went back and read all four books about the girls that came before this one, so I was high on the emotion of it all and connected to the story really intensely by the time that I started this one. I also read it on a plane trip and managed to read almost the entire book through the course of my travels, so I was really swept away by it all.This story is emotionally devastating if you're a fan of the original books. It was unexpected and left me laughing and crying in turns. If you haven't read the previous books, don't start with this one - you won't understand the angst and the characters and their reactions if you don't. I appreciated that it ended with changes and heartache, but on a hopefully note. There is always hope in these books, and I love how she carried events from book 1 into this book. It was powerful and moving, and I enjoyed every page of it!
    • 5/5
      this was such an amazing book! I loved read every page of it. I was so glad to reconnect with bee lena and carmen. i was so shocked and sad that tibby died in this book. but really glad for the new little that took her place. There was so many things in this book that i loved.
    • 4/5
      If you have read and enjoyed the other four books in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, then this should be on your must read list. The book follows the "sisters" into their late twenties/early thirties and is a fitting conclusion for the series. Without the context of the other books, some of the meaning might be lost so I would recommend reading the other books first. This is a book about love, growing up and friendships. A great story. While this book is a bit mature to be classified as a YA, it is a great conclusion to the series.
    • 5/5
      It’s been a decade since we last had a peek into lives of the Septembers. They are all now in their late 20s and what we thought would never happen has. The Septembers have grown apart. They still talk, but it’s not like it used to be. Let me explain why.Lena is a professor of art. Carmen is an actress. Bee moves more often than not and no one knows her most recent address. And Tibby, well Tibby lives in Australia. That’s probably the key to it all, at least that’s what the other girls believe.But they are getting back together, something they need more now than ever. They are heading back to Greece, to Lena’s family’s home. Tibby arranged it all, from the date, to the tickets, to staying at Lena’s. But when the women arrive, tragedy strikes, changing their lives forever. They thought they were pulled in all different directions before, but now they don’t know where to turn.They are left asking questions that can never be answered, or at least that’s what they think. But the answers will come, in the form of notes that have to be opened on specific dates in the next few months. And they may learn more from these notes than they ever would have in real life.I have heard many different opinions on this book. Some weren’t happy with the finale, I however was very happy and got the closure I needed. The Sisterhood series was one of the first that I read when I started becoming a hard core book nerd. I connected with the girls and grew with them as each new book came out. I even have the movies and still watch them when I can find nothing else. I grew to love the girls and always wanted to know more about them. I can say that I obviously wasn’t an avid follower in this series because I had no idea that this book was even coming out until I saw it on LibraryThing.com. Of course I signed up to win it and luckily I did. I needed the closure on the Septembers lives.At the beginning of the book, I wasn’t sure if I was going to have the same feelings for it as I did the other books. The girls are in their late 20s, a few years older than I am and at different points of their lives than I am. I felt like it was moving a little slow and I had no idea where the book was going. But once the girls made their way to Greece, it immediately turned around for me and I fell back in love and right on pace with them.Brashares has done a wonderful job of making me feel like I am one of the Septembers. Well, actually, to be perfectly honest, I am. I am a September baby, just not in the book. Ok, maybe I am taking this a little far.But I thought Brashares ended this series perfectly. The last book showed a lot of growing for the girls, now women. They face heartbreak, but learn so much through it. There are times where you aren’t sure if it is going to end happily and that’s all you want for the Septembers who have been through so much in their lives. Luckily they’ve had each other, but that may not be the case anymore. I was very pleased with this conclusion and I honestly think that Brashares left it so that if she wanted to come back with another book in a few years, she definitely could.I give Sisterhood Everlasting 5 bookmarks and am keeping my fingers crossed that she is working on another ending for us
    • 4/5
      I loved the story on this one, I was up reading until 2am last night as I couldn't put it down. The only thing was I felt as though the girls hadn't grown up at all and were still teenagers.
    • 3/5
      I loved the Sisterhood series and was excited to find out what happened to the girls. This book picks up ten years later and finds the girls scattered around the globe--all dealing with their own issues. I found the first 2/3 of the book kind of tedious -- lots of emotional stuff everyone was dealing with but not much happening. I finally got into the book the last bit but there was so much that didn't really make sense and seemed a bet far-fetched--I can't give details without spoiling what happens but i will say this was just a so-so read for me.
    • 4/5
      Ten years have passed and the Septembers have moved on in their lives and loves - sort of. Carmen is an actress in New York, engaged, but seemingly unhappy. Lena instructs art students in Providence, Rhode Island, has a guy she sort of hangs out with, and longs for Kostos, although she won't admit this to anyone, least of all herself. Bea has moved onto California with Eric, now an attorney, but can't seem to settle down, not willing to attach herself to anything, even a regular address. Tibby has moved to Australia with Brian who is working there on a computer project - the girls have lost touch with her.Tibby arranges a reunion for the group in Greece, and tragedy occurs once they are all there (no plot spoilers here). As a result, each of the girls must cope with the loss of one of their own, and are compelled to examine the dreams not followed in their own lives.The story is heartbreaking, honest, and true to the spirit of the series. This is a hard novel to read if the reader has grown fond of these women, as I have over the years. And I admit I had a growing level of frustration with where I though the plot was going until it reached it's conclusion. Without saying much more, I'll just conclude that this is a wonderful addition to the saga of the traveling pants, and of Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bea. Make sure your box of tissues is close, and you have a block of uncluttered time in which to enjoy this novel.
    • 4/5
      Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares continues (and most likely concludes) the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started this book…it ended up being a mixed bag of long-awaited events finally happening, weird homeless treks around the country and one or two really sad plot twists that I certainly didn’t see coming.Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget have grown up (or in some cases, aged more than actually matured) and are living much more separate lives than you might expect. A summons and a tragedy end up sending them all in a tailspin that ultimately leads them to grow closer again. They all do start out the book in ways you might have foreseen: Tibby randomly living across the world in Australia with Brian, Carmen has an acting job and can’t really successfully convince herself that she is happy with her life, Bridget is still odd and impatient with being tied down (but thankfully she is still with Eric) and Lena is still a little lost without Kostos.By the time the book ends, their lives are all markedly different: some for the better and some not. For the most part, this is not an enjoyable book to read. The characters spend most of the book grieving and lost…they all take painful journeys as the book progresses. Even though it isn’t fun, I definitely recommend it for fans of the series. The ending is extremely satisfying – I definitely feel closure with all these characters more than I did with the previous books. Once you set this one down, you’ll definitely be able to imagine how they’ll live the rest of their lives.It is strange to read a book about these characters when they spend most of their time separated from each other – but I definitely thought it was worth it to reach the conclusion. Ultimately, if you read the other books I think this is a must read!
    • 4/5
      I was particularly gratified when this book came out. I went to an Ann Brashares booksigning a couple of years ago, and when audience questions came up, I told her that while I did enjoy her recent books, I had the warmest feelings for the four main characters of the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" books. I thought it would be well and warmly received if she could write some sort of epilogue that would show us something of their lives as adults, and if the Sisterhood had endured and in what form. Well, lo and behold. Actually though, The book starts off with such an unimaginable and senseless tragedy when the four plan a reunion in Greece, that most of the book is like slogging through a quicksand of despair. Rest assured there is a resolution that sort of brings sense and composure to the tragic chaos, but I think that someday I will have to re-read these books in sequence to sort out the medley of emotions that this concluding book brought out.
    • 1/5
      When I found out this book was coming out I did something I never do: read an excerpt online. I couldn't wait. I am not a patient person and I tend to not read excerpts because then I get angry and impatient that I can't continue reading. But I gave in because this book was a dream come true. Or so I thought.I loved the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Devoured it. And I loved 3 Willows. So when I got a copy of The Last Summer of You and Me by Ann Brasheres I thought it would be good. I was wrong. I put it down and walked away after the first few chapters. For some reason I cannot get into Ann Brashere's adult novels. But I gave this book a chance because it was about the Sisterhood and I had missed these characters and had hoped for a book like this for years. Well, I hate to say, the excerpt of the first two chapters was the best part of the book.What bothered me? Well, the characters were so different. Carmen, who prided herself on being Puerto Rican and curvy in the first four books is now a size 2 and eats one meal a day. Tibby lives in Australia and has lost contact with the other three. Lena is in a relationship with someone she doesn't even care about and has basically cut herself off from her friends and family. Bridget is the only one who hasn't changed much, which relieved me because I loved her spirit in the first books and thankfully, for better or worse, she still has it in this book. But I felt like I didn't know the characters anymore. It didn't feel like a follow up to the other books, it felt like a whole new book with characters I didn't know. I understand people change but the magic of the sisterhood that drew us all in was gone for me.I wound up skimming the book to find out what happened instead of actually reading it. I will cut this review shirt by saying that I was disappointed. I will continue to read young adult books by this author but that's all.
    • 4/5
      The four friends from The Traveling Pants series, Lena, Bridget, Carmen and Tibby, are adults now, each stuck in some rut, whether they release it or not. The friends rarely get together, but when an invitation comes from Tibby for them to meet on the Greek island of Santorini, they all are excited to reunite. But when something devestating happens, their friendship is threatened and their lives are changed.It was wonderful to see what happened to these characters. Sisterhood Everlasting answers the questions we always want to know after a series ends. Are they married? Do they have children? Do they have careers? And definitely, What happened to Kostos? Do not expect a light hearted and fun read because it is not. I had no idea that this novel would break my heart and make me teary eyed, but it did. Such a wonderful follow-up novel.
    • 5/5
      I received this book through Early Reviewers in exchange for a review. Review originally posted on my blog (awordsworth.blogspot.com)I'm going to be very, very careful about spoilers for this - because it's a book you need to experience for yourself. I will say, however, don't give up. Don't lose faith. Keep reading, and you're going to see just how awesome this story really is. I promise! The journey and the ending make up for every "wth?"-moment you may have while reading. I had a note of this forewarning myself, so find it only fair to pass it along to you. There are going to be moments when you catch your breath and stare at the page. But there are also going to be moments you laugh softly to yourself, and smile quietly. The Septembers are still the Septembers - just older, maybe a different quirk is more pronounced now than it was ten years ago, but Lena is still Lena, Bee is still Bee, Carmen is still Carmen, and Tibby is still Tibby. The peripheral characters are as wonderful and 'substantial' in terms of rounding out the story as ever. For all the surprises, they're also not really so surprising, because everything rings true to form. The only truly odd part to me was finding myself suddenly a few years younger than the girls - when I'd always been their age or just a little older. And yet, I can relate just as easily to their older selves as I did the younger.
    • 5/5
      I've never hated reading a book and been so upset while reading one....until the ending. Wow! Great read...best of my summer! Did you know it's okay to get angry with fictional characters and make up with them?
    • 3/5
      Readers will be re-introduced to the four girls we have come to love from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series; however, it's ten years later and the girls are closing in on thirty years old. Tibby and Brian moved to Australia for his career, which has since taken off tremendously. Bridget and Eric live in San Francisco; she is still living a very bohemian lifestyle and trying to figure out what to do with her life. Carmen is a successful actress living in NYC and is engaged to be married. Lena is teaching art in Rhode Island and of course, Kostos is still in the back of her mind. Tibby wants to get the girls together again in Greece and she sends them plane tickets to meet her, but that's where the girls' lives are impacted forever. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares is a tear-jerking novel about friendship and it deals with life's many unexpected surprises and inevitable bumps in the road. To be honest, I had a hard time with Sisterhood Everlasting probably because I have come to love these four girls and essentially grew up with them. They are nearing the age of thirty, but are just as confused as before, which was disappointing to me. I give kudos to Tibby for trying to get everyone together again, but why are they so bad at communicating? Ever hear of text messages? Emails? Carmen is pretty much a shadow of her former self (both physically and emotionally) and Lena is super depressing, sad, and lonely. Bridget annoyed me the most, which is crazy, because she was one of my favorite characters before this novel. She is pretty much acting like she's twenty-two years old and may be one of the most selfish characters I've encountered. I couldn't even understand her; in fact, I pitied her as I had hoped for so much more. And it gets worse from there. It was like watching my favorite literary characters fall apart before my eyes. True, by the end of the novel there's something redeeming to take from it all, but the journey was painful.The tone of Sisterhood Everlasting was morose and I didn't expect that at first. I mean the entire book was depressing to the point where I then felt depressed even though I was reading it on a bright summer's day. I started to get frustrated with the girls and wanted to just scream to them, "Get yourself together!" The only reason I stuck with this book was for my favorite character, Lena. I just had to know if she was going to end up with Kostos once and for all. I was tired of their games and just wanted them to get together finally! All in all, Sisterhood Everlasting left me disappointed, but I did appreciate the ending. However, I almost wish Brashares didn't write this book, because it puts a damper on my fond memories of this series. If you are a true fan of this series, I'm sure you will read Sisterhood Everlasting, but don't say I didn't warn you. Make sure you have a box of tissues and take some time to process the events, because it is completely heartbreaking and gut-wrenching in every way.
    • 5/5
      This is definitely the second best of the novels in the series, if not the best. I liked this one a LOT more than the last two. If you liked the series, this is a must read!
    • 4/5
      Of all the Sisterhood books, this was my favorite. I labelled it YA, but it really isn't. It is more of an adult book than the others. The girls are all 29 when this book begins, all in their own different places, but they are all brought back together, and we learn that their friendship is indeed everlasting. I really can't say anything else about the book with giving away what happens. There were some things about the book I did not like, but the ending is worth it. If you decide to read it, stick with it, and don't give up!
    • 4/5
      It's been fascinating to watch Ann Brashares grow as a writer since the first Pants book was published. I can't say that I felt that this book was necessary, as I thought that the last book tied up the series nicely, but I eagerly requested an ER copy. I am really glad that I read it, however. The author's writing has improved immensely in the years since she first developed these characters. While her early books were successful due to relatable characters and a clever idea, the writing was at times inconsistent. This book flowed beautifully, and although I guessed the twist long before I reached it, I was still heartbroken. Books like this can be judged by how many tissues I go through. This one was so good, I refused to put it down to go get any tissues, and instead had a soaked shirt.
    • 4/5
      I wasn't expecting much from this book. I enjoyed the first two Sisterhood books, but book three fizzled out and book four totally lost my attention.Brashares does an amazing job at bringing their lives back together. I can't remember the last time I've read a book that kept feeding me with surprise after surprise.It's definitely a tear-jerker, but at the end I had some happy tears in there as well.
    • 4/5
      If you've spent any time at all with the teenage sisterhood, then you must visit them again ten years later. I loved the Traveling Pants series and was pleasantly surprised to find out #5 was released. Sisterhood Everlasting is a heart breaking yet satisfyingly loving tale about a true sisterhood. The reader again meets Bridget, Tibby, Carmen, and Lena as almost-thirty-year-olds. You would think they would have their lives together by then, but it's quite the opposite. Each of the girls are still figuring things out; they make discoveries and lose love only to find it again. Most importantly they embrace life, love, and the sisterhood after it all. I really enjoyed revisiting these girls and feeling the happinesses and sadnesses along with them.I recommend this read for any Traveling Pants fan. Also, Brashares's My Name is Memory is very good as well.
    • 5/5
      Oh my...I haven't cried this much since the last Harry Potter book. Sincerely, this might be the best book that I have read all year. Yes, I love all of the Sisterhood books, so that might have something to do with it, but reading this book was like going back home and being with old friends. I felt like I was experiencing everything with each woman. I spent days lost in my own thoughts about Tibby and the lives they would all lead now. When Bee showed up in Australia, I couldn't put the book down. This is one of those stories that makes you realize how important friends and being true to yourself really are. I'm glad this series is in the world and I think every young woman should read it.
    • 5/5
      It's ten years since the end of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, and Lena, Bee, Tibby, and Carmen are busy with their grown-up lives . . . perhaps too busy. They're finding it increasingly difficult to keep in touch, wrapped up as they are in their own concerns. When Tibby moves to Australia with Brian and her calls and emails dwindle to nearly nonexistent, each of the women begin to wonder if their close, almost-magical friendship is drawing to a close. Then Tibby sends each of the others a plane ticket to Santorini -- there will be a reunion.It's impossible to summarize the plot any further without giving away key plot twists. Suffice it to say that this book does an excellent job of showing the development of each woman's character and evoking strong emotions as they are tried and tested in the following months. The ending is poignant yet ultimately hopeful.Fans of the original series will love this most recent encounter with their favorite characters. Moreover, while the issues faced in this book are of thirty-year-old women, not teens, teens who are just discovering the original books will also enjoy following the stories of these characters into adulthood. Readers new to the series could read this as a stand-alone work, but will understand more of the subtleties of the plot if they have some knowledge of the earlier books.
    • 3/5
      I’ve read and enjoyed all the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants novels, so I was excited when I heard that Ann Brashares was releasing a new novel about the girls (now women!) ten years later. I was excited to revisit with Lena, Carmen, Bee, and Tibby and see where their lives had taken them, and how they had grown up since the last novel.The problem was that I didn’t feel they really had grown up. While it was nice to see some of their more familiar quirks, I felt like they were the exact same people I had left in the fourth book, maybe even with some regression. Lena was still a loner, Bee still had commitment issues - it was more of the same. Then, after the tragedy struck (which I won’t ruin for you), each of the girls retreats even more into themselves. The entire novel is one long introspective and nonmoving character study, and to be frank, it gets frustrating.Now, if you’ve read the novel, you might think I have no heart. Don’t get me wrong, I was moved by this book at times - though I was able to predict most of the storyline from people’s comments about how it was really sad, I still teared up now and then. But I just felt like the entire book revolved around pivotal events at the beginning and the end of the novel, and that nothing really happened in between.Of course, I’m in the minority with this opinion - most of the reviews and comments I’ve heard about this novel were rave reviews. But I’m sorry to say I didn’t love this book and actually felt like it was unnecessary - I would have been happy to leave the Sisterhood at the end of the fourth book. That being said, it was nice to see Lena, Tibby, Carmen, and Bee again, and I was happy with how they ended up - though I must admit that I found the ending of the book a little too sappy for enjoyment. Overall, I think I could have done without reading this novel, though if you’re a huge fan of the series, you should pick this book up just because you’ll wonder about it if you don’t.