John Green
meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken
hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again.
Henry
Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic,
but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love
that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him—at least
not yet. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting
into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school
newspaper. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the
third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything's about to change.
Grace
isn't who Henry pictured as his dream girl—she walks with a cane, wears
oversized boys' clothes, and rarely seems to shower. But when Grace and
Henry are both chosen to edit the school paper, he quickly finds
himself falling for her. It's obvious there's something broken about
Grace, but it seems to make her even more beautiful to Henry, and he
wants nothing more than to help her put the pieces back together again.
And yet, this isn't your average story of boy meets girl. Krystal
Sutherland's brilliant debut is equal parts wit and heartbreak, a potent
reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.@goodreads
One of those, "Why did I take so long to read this book?" This book broke my heart a little bit.
I
loved Henry and Grace's characters so much. I loved Henry's friends so
much. But, the story was just so freaking sad. I wanted to know, had to
know, what happened to Grace to make her the way she was in the book.
Why was she so unkempt, why did she wear men's clothes, why didn't she
bathe that often, why did she walk with a limp? I had a couple of
different scenario's and it finally came together I guess half-way
through the book.
I get invested in my books. I feel things when
I read them and I empathize with what is written. This book is no
exception, it tore at my heart strings for three people that couldn't be
. . . .
It was beautiful and sad and wonderful all at the same time.
Fin . . .
GOODREADS REVIEW:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2063318753
I also really liked the book! I just didn't really like Grace.. I know something awful happened to her, but the way she took it out on Henry was cruel at some times...
ReplyDeleteI did highly enjoy it, besides the cruelty at some points :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it =)
DeleteOhh great review Melissa, I heard mix reviews about this one. But I might check it out because your review intrigued me so. Thank you so much for the awesome post Melissa.
ReplyDeleteThank you my dear friend =)
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