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This book was one of my most anticipated of 2024 and the first one I had preordered ever! I slipped it in as my last read in 2024, which did not dissapoint!
5 
Storygraph
I love Rowan & Neil so much, It was nice to have a more in-dept look at them individually. I cried various times during the book, Neil’s depression felt so real to me. It was like looking through a mirror at how I felt so many years ago… One of the best rep i’ve seen so far!
I feel like this tie their relationship perfectly- a second book being enough for their relationship now that we know how it went at different colleges and them being together until the end.
” Here with her, there is none of that darkness, not even when the sun sinks bellow the horizon and the sky turns black. she’s the brightest light in any room.”
” Maybe there’s something to that. So many people have sought comfort here, so many stories and worlds contained in this single building. It’s hard to conceptualize the amount of imagination in this space.”
” You’re not a failure– you’re just still figuring it all out. You’re turning your brain inside out for other people to see, and that takes a wild amount of bravery.”
” My body grows weary with an unfamiliar kind of exhaustion I don’t entirely understand. I get in bed early most nights, unless I have plans with friends, and when I do, I force the smiles, worried that once people glance away and my features droops, they’ll immediately know something’s wrong.”
” All this time, I have been surrounded by the kind of romance that most of my books never talk about. I’ve gotten so good at ignoring it– but now, with forelsket in my palm, I think I’m finally starting to get it.”
” You simply being yourself– that’s not a burden. Everyone brings baggage to a relationship. Some of it might be able to fit in an overhead compartment, but plenty of it needs to be checked with the airline. It’s impossible to go throught life without collecting any, and someone who loves you isn’t going to consider you a burden.”
“It’s not dependence or reliance. It’s the steady feeling I have when i’m with her. The safety and comfort, but also the thrill of continuing to learn about each other.The backbone that is our history and all our starry-eyed plans for the future.”