This Is How You Lose the Time War

This was one of the best books that I've ever read. The way it was written, the two characters and their chemistry with each other, it just seemed very magical. At the same time, it upheld that level of mystery and made you want to continue reading to see what would happen. The reason why I docked off .5 was absolutely a me thing - the flowery prose and vocab used were on a higher level than I am typically used to. The beginning was incredibly hard to read and understand, and I'm absolutely grateful that I read on a kindle, considering how many words I had to check the definition for. 

This book was definitely out of my comfort zone for that reason along with it being one of those books that you might need to reread to fully grasp the story. Otherwise, this book was beautifully written. I find that letter writing is so intimate and incredibly sentimental, along with being almost sapphic-coded. 

I think my favorite part of this book was getting to the stories, seeing the fondness of the two characters grow into something more. I definitely wasn't expecting the last part of the book, having Red witness Blue's dead body and in turn begin to gather pieces of Blue just to bring her back and ensure both of their futures. The moment the texts began to match almost verbatim what was written at the beginning of the book, everything began to click for me and I was even more excited upon figuring out things for myself before I continued reading. I even looked up other's thoughts on the book and plot explanations. Its safe to say that I was even more in love with this book right after. I'm definitely going to reread this again later and continue looking up what other people thought of the story and get their own interpretations as well!

I want more books like this.