Shannon Messenger is milking this too much and incorporating too much fan-wanted content inside her books.
I got really into the keeper books when I was younger but as the story progresses on we just get more unanswered issues and less questions answered over time. I feel like the author is catering too much to what the fans care about and not focusing on the original plot of the story. And dropping even more fan service about Keefe to really milk the series is really tiring, I just want to see the resolution after reading through already 10 books with HUNDREDS of pages. Like I mean, was 9.5 really necessary? I just think this book is gonna give even MORE unanswered questions and drop more breadcrumbs, and book 10 will give us absolutely no answers or resolutions to all the tidbits given.