The rest of the story is told from Jon’s POV but there are emails from Cole to Jared interspersed through the text – i.e., like in Strawberries. While I understood why it was there from a narrative perspective, I would have liked more with Cole and Jon. There was a section of the book from the perspective of Jon’s father George. And, I understood the powerlessness that Jon felt at the same time. I have felt Cole’s longing for a child and the hope that can sometimes be so painful as well as his fear so I could definitely relate to what he was going through. But it does make a nice endpoint to Strawberries and it was nice to see Cole and Jon so happy together. I don’t think a new reader could come in and really understand what makes Cole tick and without that, I don’t think. That said, this book I thought the book was more of an extended epilogue than anything else. What worked for me (and what didn’t): No time spent with Cole Nicholas Fenton Davenport III is ever wasted.
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