![]() ![]() ![]() Ryen and Misha have been pen pals for the past seven years, ever since they were randomly paired up as part of a fifth grade project. I’ve loved pretty much everything I’ve ever read by Penelope Douglas, but this might just be my new favorite. ![]() ![]() This book truly resonated with me, still lingering in my mind and rendering me incapable of moving on, and I attribute that entirely to the characters, to the many fascinating facets of their personalities, and this author’s incomparable way of telling a story that is captivating and relevant in equal measure. And in the hands of a gifted author, those stories can also become a complex emotional experience for the reader, where characters often stay with us long after the last page. Those bittersweet years of uncertainty we’ve all lived through can inspire the most compelling of stories, transcending genres, and touching readers regardless of their age. Until we met.įor someone who so rarely still seeks and appreciates that well-known flavor of existential angst to be found in coming-of-age tales, I find myself inexplicably drawn to them from time to time, drawn to the naiveté, the exasperation, the perpetual state of emotional unrest that colors those characters oh-so vividly, pulling us back to a time when we were as restless to grow up as we were desperate to slow down and absorb every waking second. ![]()
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