Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland 

My rating: 4/5 solid stars!

“Everything dies, love included. Sometimes it dies with a person, sometimes it dies on its own. The greatest love story ever told doesn’t have to be about two people who spent their whole lives together. It might be about a love that lasted two weeks, two months, or two years., but burned brighter and hotter and more brilliantly than any other love before or after. Don’t mourn a failed love; there’s no such thing. All love is equal in the brain.”

I really didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did. I haphazardly picked it off the shelf of my local library with zero expectations. But I’m so glad I did.

Our Chemical Romance follows the story of Henry Page who has never been in love, that is until Grace Town shows up at his high school right at the start of senior year and turns Henry’s life upside down. The relationship between these two is truly a whirlwind in which Henry learns a lot about love; what it is and isn’t supposed to be.

Sometimes you read a book and the ending is everything you wished it wasn’t but you’re happy anyways because it made you feel. It made you feel things you didn’t want to feel. It made you feel like it was real.

I think if you liked the movie 500 Days of Summer, you’d very much enjoy this book, I certainly did.

 

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

My rating: 3.5/5 stars

Sometimes all you need is a nice, cute, light, summer romance to get lost in. & this book was just that. The ending was anti-climatic, and we already knew about the “plot twist” from the book blurb. But regardless, it was still a sweet and enjoyable read.

If you like cute romances, beaches, surfing, museums and old movie references; this one’s for you!

 

 

 

 

 

History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera 

My rating: 4/5 Stars

“People are complicated puzzles always trying to piece together a complete picture, but sometimes we get it wrong and sometimes we’re left unfinished. Sometimes that’s for the best. Some pieces can’t be forced into a puzzle, or at least they shouldn’t be, because they won’t make sense”.

This was a really great read and was almost impossible to put down! This book follows the story of four boys: Theo, Griffin, Jackson and Wade; and their struggle with love, grief, and friendship. A truly honest depiction of how complicated emotions can be.

If you’re looking for a read with lovely LGBTQ characters with supportive family and friends, this one’s for you!

P.s how many times do I have to grieve the death of a fictional character named Theodore? I don’t think I could handle a third.

 

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

My rating: 5/5 Stars

“We can’t choose when or where we are born, by whom or how we are first loved, or with whom we fall in love — at least, I do not believe so. And we cannot choose who is taken from us, or the way in which they are taken.

….But I do believe we have choices — how we love and how much, what we read, where we travel. How we live after the person we love has died or left us. Whether or not we decide to take the risk and live again.

But what is the point? I imagine you asking. You say the ocean is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen, and the thing that terrifies you the most — Perhaps all things that are worthwhile are terrifying?”

I read this book in about 4 hours and did not put it down once. Everything was perfect. I book marked so many pages. I completely loved the concept of the Letter Library & I hope it is a thing that exists in real life.

Overall: beautiful writing, beautiful flow, and loveable characters. An amazing story!