I am sitting here wondering what next I’m going to do with my life since I just finished reading this awesome, heartwarming book. I also know that, this is going to be a very weird book review because I am too excited to think straight.
In her author’s note to the reader she says,“I didn’t know what this book was about when I started it. Even when I was halfway through it, I still wasn’t sure. But now that I’ve finished it, I finally get it. This book is about the bravery it takes for us to love someone when we all know how every love story ends. It’s about choosing love over fear again and again. It’s about showing up and being brave even when it’s going to hurt like hell.” She couldn’t have said it any better, that to me is simply the definition of being alive and truly living.
I’ve never been taken by a fictional novel like how this took me.
You know, you just feel so connected with the book as you go.
Realistically written, no cheesy lines (I hold nothing against cheesy lines, in fact I love cheesy lines, but you get my point right?)
Every paragraph kept me glued. I started reading it in the middle of the night because mostly when insomnia hits, that’s usually how I find sleep. But weirdly the book kept me awake, it just kept getting better. It kept me engaged through and through.
I stopped at page 397 because I was scared of getting to the end. In a few hours the book had literally become a huge part of my every day. I promise I’m not exaggerating.
As fictional as it is, it has healed parts of me. I’ve picked a thing or two from it.
The humour, the smart responses,the punchlines, the community. Outstanding.
I am heavy on healing and allowing love and life into our hearts and lives, the book was basically all about that.
I’ll probably write a better review when I’m not in my feelings, but in this moment I am just so exhilarated and over the moon. Lucy Score is a good writer, no scratch that. Lucy Score is an exceptional writer. The book is a total ten. She deserves her flowers.
Shadow to my light. 