Perfect Fifths

Perfect Fifths (Jessica Darling #5)

by Megan McCafferty

** spoiler alert ** It is the last book in the series and it really lived up to everything that it needed to be. Nothing overly done. Nothing had a great finality to it. Just right.

In this book Jessica and Marcus are at an airport. Jessica is on her way to her friends wedding and Marcus is coming back from some volunteer work in New Orleans. She literally bangs into him. They both want to talk, but she is late. So late that by the time she gets to the gate the plan is leaving. The meeting shakes them both up and makes them start thinking about questions they should have asked, something they should have said, wanting more. Well, Marcus gets in trouble for loitering and gets rescued by Jessica. They decided to sit down at a coffee shop and talk, about everything, and yet nothing. At least not the words that truly need to be said. Eventually you learn about what both have done for over the past three years and how much they have changed and stayed the same. You also learn about all the other minor characters. But most importantly you learn how much their attraction for each other and love is still very strong between them, no matter how much they try to fight it.

Like I said I couldn't put the book down. I was engrossed in it from page one. I had to keep turning the page to see what would happen next, which character I would learn about next. I loved that Megan wrote things from Macus's point of veiw. I finally got to see what made Marcus tick, see how he really looked at Jessica, and why he says cryptic messages without really trying.

I also LOVED the haiku section. Some people may not, but you really got to see them opening up to each other more; Marcus's funny and care free side, and Jessica's cynical and analytical side.

Overall I was extremely pleased with everything. However, I wanted more at the end. Maybe a confirmation that they will stay together this time. Or showing that Marcus bought that ticket to the Virgin Islands and he is going with her. Something! But then again it might be my own longing to want more. More from these two characters that I have related to.

If you have never read the Jessica Darling Series, you must. If you love chick lit books or something that you really can relate to, this is the perfect book for you. I could relate to her completely. She grew up in a small town with friends she didn't like, with her best friend moving away. She thought life was horrible there, nothing to do, or anyway way out. Then Marcus comes into the picture, the bad boy. The boy you know you should stay as far away from as possible, but you just seem drawn to them. (Just like me!!) Their relationship goes back and forth for years, after graduation in 2002 to her going off to Columbia University in NY, and finally after. The whole time you are reading Jessica's diary.

It is awesome coming of age book. (It is not a Young Adult novel. So you don't have to feel weird reading it in public.)