CHADD JAVIER

Fi just got back from a short break, when she gets home, there is a couple taking ownership of her house. This book is told from the point of view of Bram and Fi, the two main characters. The narration is unique as it it told through a podcast and a word document.

There is a lot of layers to this story, there were a lot of subplots explored. But the thing is, it got really boring and repetitive in the middle. The book could have been more enjoyable if it was 100 pages shorter. Buddy reading this, made me want to finish it, if it wasn't a buddy read I might have DNFed this so shout out to the 2 ladies I read this with.

The ending though! I loved it and hated it at the same time! So much room for speculation, we know what will probably happen next but I want to read more, the extra 100 pages in the middle should have been added to the ending. 

This book delivers a spine-tingling blend of friendship and horror that keeps you hooked from start to finish.

“I like your kind of quiet. Your heart isn't quiet.”

What is it about?
It's a friends to lovers, second chance romance trope. Elliott and Macy found their way back to each other's lives after eleven years. They have a lot of baggage to unpack now. It is told from two timelines, then and now, how their love started and what they would do now.

What did I think about it?
Well, I like the friends to lovers trope rather than the enemies to lovers. This book made me feel like I was falling in love the same time as the characters. I loved how Elliott is written, he is the best example of a book boyfriend. This is a slow burn romance and I think it went on a bit too slow for me that's why I knocked a star off. It's still a good rating considering I don't really like romance. 

My heart broke when everything wrapped up. I won't put any spoilers bit if you've read this I think you know what I mean. 

“Dates only make us aware of how numbered our days are, how much closer to death we are for each one we cross off.”

This book almost put me in a reading slump. Took me awhile to read through because I was easily distracted with other things. I was bored throughout the book, it just couldn't keep my attention.

The last 50 pages though!!! I was originally gonna give it 1.5 stars but the ending!! Didn't see that coming. So I bumped it up to 2.5.

The premise was good but I think it just wasn't executed properly. The book is about a young girl who was taken by her father to live in a forest, he pretended that the world ended so he could keep here in the hut. Sounds like an interesting read right? I wished the book was written in a way that is easy to read but suspenseful at the same time.

It wasn't a bad book, I just didn't enjoy reading it. I wanted to DNF at first but decided to finish it ‘coz it's not a long book after all, it just dragged.

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