I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for sweet love stories and this one hit the spot.
Right off the bat we meet Wendy who is experiencing life in all its craziness. Her mother, who was her rock, has recently passed away, she has dropped out of school and sheβs working at her uncleβs diner. Wendy is also suffering from anxiety, letβs face it, sis is going through it. Yet, she wakes up every morning, puts on a smile, and gives her best to her customers.Β
Then one day Kellen walks into her diner, takes a seat, and just sits there. Seeing that heβs also going through something Wendy is kind and offers a word of encouragement because if anyone knows how life tends to life sometimes itβs her.Β
Kellen, feels a spark in that moment and continues to come back every day, and Wendy knowing sheβs not in a good place says, no thanks youβre cute and all but you have your life together and I donβt so Iβm going to have to decline. And what does he do? He waits for her to get her life in order.Β
This!Β
Finding love is hard, but finding love at the worst time in your life, well thatβs something different. As the story develops we find out that although Wendy isnβt ready, Kellen too is hiding a big secret and he shouldnβt be wasting his time trying to win over Wendy.Β
This book was so good. It was so beautiful reading about their love story, the flow of the book, and the pacing were spot on and I loved every moment of it. The book was short and I read it in one sitting. It was told predominantly through Wendyβs point of view and I think that was a great choice because we got to feel and understand her story.Β
Here are some of the lines I loved.Β
- βYou look really pretty today, Wendy.β βI look the same as I always look, Kellen.β βThat doesnβt make it any less true.β
- βI realized that it didnβt matter how kindly you said something that was fucked up. It was still fucked up!
- βMy mom used to say that shared pain is halved and shared joy is doubled.β
- βThereβs no way that this is the first time Iβve loved you, Wendy. It happened too fast. Itβs weird likeβ¦ like I already knew how it felt. I remembered and then my heart just automatically did it again.β
- βI mustβve really turned your world upside down when I came in it, but sometimes it feels like I didnβt even have a world until I met you. I was alive, but I wasnβt really living until you gave me a reason to.β
Let me know if you pick this one up and what you think.
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Keysha
March 12, 2024Cannot wait to read this one. Added to my list. Thanks Lalaa