" I'm not entirely sure how I felt about this book. On one hand I absolutely loved knowing how everyone's stories ended up. This book takes place when Sarah and Matt's twins are 25 so you get to see what happened to each of the characters in the 25 years since the last book takes place. But part of me absolutely hated knowing that some of the founding members had passed on (even though it was obvious that they would have in those 25 years due to their age throughout the series). I had a really hard time picturing the other founding members at their advanced ages too. I didn't want to think about them being old and retiring! I wanted everything to stay the same even though I liked knowing what all happened! There was also a lot of jumping around on the setting of the book. Some was present day, some was 25 years in the future, some was in between those times. A few other scenes gave more information about things that had happened with Sylvia's family around the Civil War time period. So a lot of loose ends were tied up but at the same time it was very bittersweet having things tied up. There were also a lot of recaps of things that happened in previous books, which was nice on one hand since it had been a while since I read the last one, but somewhat redundant. I did also find myself wanting more details about the stories that took place between now and 25 years from now instead of just the little glimpses into what happened. "
— Jodi, 1/28/2014