i have an announcement!!!! this is my favorite book of the year and i'm in PIECES over it!!!! i'm a puddle of a person surrounded by my own tears!!!!! i'm "HELP I'M STILL AT THE RESTAURANT" because of this book!!!!! 

i fear i will never be the same and it's cara bastone's fault because she has penned the perfect book and i am a sobbing mess because of it. 

i'm bereft now that i finished this book because even though it was a perfect ending to a perfect book, i could have read 1000 more pages about lenny and miles and never be bored or fully satisfied. trust me it IS that serious, i'm actually distraught over how much i love this devastatingly beautiful book. 

and this is a love story, but it's also a story about grief and healing and learning to live again without your person. it's a story about friendship and companionship and the resilience that people possess in the face of losing everything. lenny and miles both face grief in this book and they help each other heal and help find meaning back into their lives. and i could cry just thinking about it! 

lenny and miles. miles and lenny. oh gosh i love them so much!!! ugh i am such a friends to lovers girlie because to me the best part of this book was the slow burn friendship that turned into this deep and understanding love. like those two GET each other and it's my dream to be known like lenny and miles know each other. 

also, on a lighter note: this book was so funny??? when i wasn't crying, i was laughing because of the WIT that cara bastone writes her banter and dialogue. 

this is a what i call a "soul book," a perfect, perfect book, and i'm so happy to be alive at the same time as cara bastone and getting to read her books.

thank you Dial Press and Netgalley for the eARC of this book. it's out everywhere on 3/4 <3