This is one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read. By the end, it left me positively destroyed—in every way I hoped to be. There were tears, lots of them. 

It’s a love story that spans the entirety of a couple’s life together, starting in 1941 when Evelyn and Joseph are teenagers, and leading up to the present day in 2001, when a heartbreaking diagnosis forces them to make the unthinkable decision to end their lives together in one year's time.

The flashback chapters are filled with palpable tension, passion, and heart-wrenching anguish. Every moment of Evelyn and Joseph's young love is charged with intensity, and I couldn’t get enough of it. You can feel the weight of their shared history, the hardships they’ve endured, and how these experiences have shaped the strength of their connection in the present-day chapters.

Adding the perspectives of their children was a wonderful touch, too. It's a book that feels all-encompassing, as if you truly know these characters, as if you’ve lived their lives alongside them. This story is going to stay with me for a long time!

(heat level: a couple open-door scenes, very minor details)