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3.86 AVERAGE
This story just made so much sense. You know in that way how you feel somebody really understands the way you think? That's how I felt the whole time reading this. Not to say I've ever been through anything like this, not even close.
Clara sees herself as a normal girl. Nothing too spectacular but all that changes when she meets Christian. He's enigmatic and charismatic (gotta be careful of the matic's obviously) and makes her feel powerful and like a whole new person with countless possibilities for change. As time moves along though their relationship takes an ugly turn; Christian has become dangerously obsessed with Clara. She has to flee with her father to a seaside town where secrets will be revealed and hopefully some good changes can happen.
It's hard to read about how a character is slowly digging themselves into a hole they may never be able to escape, so with that in mind I thought I was going to be really uncomfortable reading this. The book is told in alternate chapters. One side of the story is where we see how Clara gets involved with Christian to the point where she leaves him and the other when she is in the seaside town with her father. The layout worked and was the only way it could have been told so it could leave a moving impression on the reader.
I loved almost everything about it. Clara is an introspective character, and is frank about how things went down, her feelings, and her part in things. She knows that she has to move past this and the place they chose for this is perfect. I could feel the pull of the ocean, its commanding beauty, the waves splashing, and the sharp smell of salt. And all of this is coming from a person who has been to a beach once in her life. The other characters are fully fleshed out and there isn't a flat one among the bunch. Clara's father was a real intriguing character and isn't MIA (but there is a dead mother I guess we can't have everything, but Clara makes an interesting comment about that) like in many other YA novels. He is in the story quite a lot actually and is a main player in Clara's recovery.
There is a stark contrast between Christian and Finn (the other love interest). You can tell one is just healthier for her. I'm glad Caletti wrote this story. She is clear about how wrong it is for someone to revolve their life around you and that real love is much more gentle and doesn't feel wrong ever.
The only qualm I had is that it could get a bit verbose and the little bit with her father's secret I thought was just a teensy eensy bit over the top, but I'm fully satisfied. Fully satisfied.
Just a note: Since it's summertime I'm listening to lots of music and one song kept inching into my brain while reading this. The link is here. The song's chorus has this one line that says, “for as much she stumbles she's running” and the words really struck me as true. Even though Clara is in trouble and is stumbling over how to get over this she keeps moving forward, she keeps running.
Clara sees herself as a normal girl. Nothing too spectacular but all that changes when she meets Christian. He's enigmatic and charismatic (gotta be careful of the matic's obviously) and makes her feel powerful and like a whole new person with countless possibilities for change. As time moves along though their relationship takes an ugly turn; Christian has become dangerously obsessed with Clara. She has to flee with her father to a seaside town where secrets will be revealed and hopefully some good changes can happen.
It's hard to read about how a character is slowly digging themselves into a hole they may never be able to escape, so with that in mind I thought I was going to be really uncomfortable reading this. The book is told in alternate chapters. One side of the story is where we see how Clara gets involved with Christian to the point where she leaves him and the other when she is in the seaside town with her father. The layout worked and was the only way it could have been told so it could leave a moving impression on the reader.
I loved almost everything about it. Clara is an introspective character, and is frank about how things went down, her feelings, and her part in things. She knows that she has to move past this and the place they chose for this is perfect. I could feel the pull of the ocean, its commanding beauty, the waves splashing, and the sharp smell of salt. And all of this is coming from a person who has been to a beach once in her life. The other characters are fully fleshed out and there isn't a flat one among the bunch. Clara's father was a real intriguing character and isn't MIA (but there is a dead mother I guess we can't have everything, but Clara makes an interesting comment about that) like in many other YA novels. He is in the story quite a lot actually and is a main player in Clara's recovery.
There is a stark contrast between Christian and Finn (the other love interest). You can tell one is just healthier for her. I'm glad Caletti wrote this story. She is clear about how wrong it is for someone to revolve their life around you and that real love is much more gentle and doesn't feel wrong ever.
The only qualm I had is that it could get a bit verbose and the little bit with her father's secret I thought was just a teensy eensy bit over the top, but I'm fully satisfied. Fully satisfied.
Just a note: Since it's summertime I'm listening to lots of music and one song kept inching into my brain while reading this. The link is here. The song's chorus has this one line that says, “for as much she stumbles she's running” and the words really struck me as true. Even though Clara is in trouble and is stumbling over how to get over this she keeps moving forward, she keeps running.
Holy moly this was good. First, I loved the characters (except Christian, obviously). I loved the beach setting, which seemed both romantic and ominous. I loved how I ALWAYS wanted the chapters to be Christian chapters so I could find out what was going down between them, but don't get me wrong, I loved the chapters with Finn and Cleo and Gulliver and Jack and all those. It was a summer romance...with a twist! Well not a twist it was half of the book. But seriously.
Deb Caletti's stuff has always been really good for me. "Nature of Jade" is one of my favorite books of all time and "Secret Life of Prince Charming" was also a wonderful read so I'm glad that I just checked out "Honey, Baby, Sweetheart" so I can read that too, very soon.
Gahhh read this book you will be on the edge of your seat and the edge of...your heart I suppose.
Deb Caletti's stuff has always been really good for me. "Nature of Jade" is one of my favorite books of all time and "Secret Life of Prince Charming" was also a wonderful read so I'm glad that I just checked out "Honey, Baby, Sweetheart" so I can read that too, very soon.
Gahhh read this book you will be on the edge of your seat and the edge of...your heart I suppose.
Stay by Deb Caletti is a book that certainly makes an impact. This is one of those rare fictional treats that doesn’t feel the least bit fictional; it could be anybody’s story. Clara is a character that anyone could know, she could easily be the girl next door, your friend or your cousin.
Like the character of Clara, the story was very realistic to me. It was gritty and ugly at times but it was also lovely in places. This isn’t a neat story; it doesn’t come wrapped up in a pretty bow. It’s a story about a stalker, but it is also a story about a teenage girl finding herself and maturing in all aspects of her life. Her relationship with her father is explored and questioned, and she finds herself having to come to terms with a great many things.
I don’t want to say that I enjoyed watching the story unfold, but I did. it was a bit like watching a car crash that you know is coming – you know it’s going to make you feel terrible, you know that witnessing it will change you forever, but you still can’t look away. I feel like Caletti did a marvelous job telling Clara’s story. In fact, I would say that the format was perfect; it’s actually quite a unique setup.
The book is written completely from Clara’s perspective – she is writing her own story, looking back at the events of her life and trying to make sense of everything. She alternates between two time periods with each chapter – one before leaving Christian and one after leaving him. This format gives the reader an interesting perspective because you see Clara falling for Christian, but you immediately see the aftermath as well. My favorite part of the format though, would have to be the footnotes. The story is peppered with footnotes from Clara where she adds random tidbits about certain passages. It gave the story a very personal feel and at the same time it allows you to better understand her character.
Another point that I wanted to touch on was Caletti’s writing style. I feel like this is something that you are either going to absolutely love or hate. First of all, let me say that the narrative and writing style fit perfectly with Clara’s character. Her father is a writer and she is a self professed lover of words. Everything is very descriptive and there are tons and tons of extended metaphors. There are pages and pages of just Clara and her thoughts – her different takes on certain events. I must say it is extremely beautiful writing – but at times, it was just too much for me. I sometimes found it difficult to get through. Which is a pity, because even as I was reading it I knew how exquisite the writing was. I just feel that things dragged in certain spots – I wanted to keep piecing together the story, but Clara wanted to analyze a facial expression for 6 pages.
That being said, I had a very difficult time giving this book a rating because it was so beautifully written. Unfortunately, at times it actually hindered my reading experience. This in turn caused to like a book that I would otherwise have loved. I want to be clear though, in saying that many of you will probably love the book for the exact same reason. It’s completely up to the reader’s discretion.
Like the character of Clara, the story was very realistic to me. It was gritty and ugly at times but it was also lovely in places. This isn’t a neat story; it doesn’t come wrapped up in a pretty bow. It’s a story about a stalker, but it is also a story about a teenage girl finding herself and maturing in all aspects of her life. Her relationship with her father is explored and questioned, and she finds herself having to come to terms with a great many things.
I don’t want to say that I enjoyed watching the story unfold, but I did. it was a bit like watching a car crash that you know is coming – you know it’s going to make you feel terrible, you know that witnessing it will change you forever, but you still can’t look away. I feel like Caletti did a marvelous job telling Clara’s story. In fact, I would say that the format was perfect; it’s actually quite a unique setup.
The book is written completely from Clara’s perspective – she is writing her own story, looking back at the events of her life and trying to make sense of everything. She alternates between two time periods with each chapter – one before leaving Christian and one after leaving him. This format gives the reader an interesting perspective because you see Clara falling for Christian, but you immediately see the aftermath as well. My favorite part of the format though, would have to be the footnotes. The story is peppered with footnotes from Clara where she adds random tidbits about certain passages. It gave the story a very personal feel and at the same time it allows you to better understand her character.
Another point that I wanted to touch on was Caletti’s writing style. I feel like this is something that you are either going to absolutely love or hate. First of all, let me say that the narrative and writing style fit perfectly with Clara’s character. Her father is a writer and she is a self professed lover of words. Everything is very descriptive and there are tons and tons of extended metaphors. There are pages and pages of just Clara and her thoughts – her different takes on certain events. I must say it is extremely beautiful writing – but at times, it was just too much for me. I sometimes found it difficult to get through. Which is a pity, because even as I was reading it I knew how exquisite the writing was. I just feel that things dragged in certain spots – I wanted to keep piecing together the story, but Clara wanted to analyze a facial expression for 6 pages.
That being said, I had a very difficult time giving this book a rating because it was so beautifully written. Unfortunately, at times it actually hindered my reading experience. This in turn caused to like a book that I would otherwise have loved. I want to be clear though, in saying that many of you will probably love the book for the exact same reason. It’s completely up to the reader’s discretion.
If you’re like me, there are times where you’ve read a book and nodded along with a good line once or twice. Those lines were so satisfactory that you had to acknowledge it – even if it wasn’t to anyone in specific, your pillow had to know. There are other times where you’ve read a book, but it wasn’t until the very end that you nodded. Not because it didn’t feel the same, but it took until you got to the very end for it to sink in completely and leave you with that satisfaction.
The only times I stopped nodding while reading Stay were times when Finn and Clara got a little too love-at-first-sight for me. Time after time, I could feel Clara’s statements about Christian resonating too deeply with me. This is because I have been there – and I think that this gives me a sad understanding of this book that you might not have if you have not also been there (and I truly hope that you have not). I have, as she puts it so wonderfully, felt like I was being trapped under a fallen building.
The initial story of Christian and Clara is introduced and moved through so quickly that some people might feel cheated. If this is the first contact they’ve made with emotional abuse, it might feel more like a list of events than anything else. But if you’re familiar, you see it all, and you don’t really need every detail – you don’t need to see Christian’s “honeymoon” phase, you don’t need to know exactly what he says to her when they’re happy and together. You know, because Clara tells you, that it’s good enough. You know that he’s messed up, and you know that you want Clara to succeed in pulling away. That’s all you really need for this to work.
The little lies, and how Clara needed to tell them, are what drove this home for me before it even picked up speed. We see that Clara lied from the start, and then we see the increasing measures she uses to keep herself guarded from the person she’s fallen in love with (even who she has had pizza with). More than that, we understand why – and that is something good, that more people need to understand. The reader can understand the disconnect between Clara and Christian, and why even that made Clara hesitant to completely pull away.
Fathers and daughters are an easy way to get to me. There is no other bonding relationship that will get me hooked on a book – particularly if they are close. We all know the absent parent business in YA books is strong, so when I get to read a book that goes the other way, I’m stoked. The way that Clara and her father spoke – the long-winded, often times florid and obviously writerly phrases – could get on my nerves. The choice of footnotes was sometimes peculiar. Together, it made sense – how Clara thought and felt mirrored what she saw in her father. I could have done without her father’s B-plot secret.
The other thing I could have done without was the relationship with Finn. I’m split on this, though. On the one hand, it is fantastic that we see Clara have the change to move on. So much of this book is about trying to move on, and then succeeding. But I don’t think it was necessary for them to have a romantic relationship right of the bat. It gave me the impression of “honey, you just need another man to come along and fix you,” and I don’t think that’s what Caletti was aiming for. At least, I hope not.
I won’t pretend that how I feel about this book isn’t in part because of what happened in my own life. But don’t take that to mean that you wouldn’t get something out of it, too. We all need the chance to get away from some of the people in our lives. I first read Deb Caletti’s The Queen of Everything a month ago, and then followed suit with the rest of her books. They were missing something that Stay had, and that authentic, honest voice was the biggest part.
The only times I stopped nodding while reading Stay were times when Finn and Clara got a little too love-at-first-sight for me. Time after time, I could feel Clara’s statements about Christian resonating too deeply with me. This is because I have been there – and I think that this gives me a sad understanding of this book that you might not have if you have not also been there (and I truly hope that you have not). I have, as she puts it so wonderfully, felt like I was being trapped under a fallen building.
The initial story of Christian and Clara is introduced and moved through so quickly that some people might feel cheated. If this is the first contact they’ve made with emotional abuse, it might feel more like a list of events than anything else. But if you’re familiar, you see it all, and you don’t really need every detail – you don’t need to see Christian’s “honeymoon” phase, you don’t need to know exactly what he says to her when they’re happy and together. You know, because Clara tells you, that it’s good enough. You know that he’s messed up, and you know that you want Clara to succeed in pulling away. That’s all you really need for this to work.
The little lies, and how Clara needed to tell them, are what drove this home for me before it even picked up speed. We see that Clara lied from the start, and then we see the increasing measures she uses to keep herself guarded from the person she’s fallen in love with (even who she has had pizza with). More than that, we understand why – and that is something good, that more people need to understand. The reader can understand the disconnect between Clara and Christian, and why even that made Clara hesitant to completely pull away.
Fathers and daughters are an easy way to get to me. There is no other bonding relationship that will get me hooked on a book – particularly if they are close. We all know the absent parent business in YA books is strong, so when I get to read a book that goes the other way, I’m stoked. The way that Clara and her father spoke – the long-winded, often times florid and obviously writerly phrases – could get on my nerves. The choice of footnotes was sometimes peculiar. Together, it made sense – how Clara thought and felt mirrored what she saw in her father. I could have done without her father’s B-plot secret.
The other thing I could have done without was the relationship with Finn. I’m split on this, though. On the one hand, it is fantastic that we see Clara have the change to move on. So much of this book is about trying to move on, and then succeeding. But I don’t think it was necessary for them to have a romantic relationship right of the bat. It gave me the impression of “honey, you just need another man to come along and fix you,” and I don’t think that’s what Caletti was aiming for. At least, I hope not.
I won’t pretend that how I feel about this book isn’t in part because of what happened in my own life. But don’t take that to mean that you wouldn’t get something out of it, too. We all need the chance to get away from some of the people in our lives. I first read Deb Caletti’s The Queen of Everything a month ago, and then followed suit with the rest of her books. They were missing something that Stay had, and that authentic, honest voice was the biggest part.
I have read this book two times. I don't normally reread books, but this is such a good one. Deb Caletti's writing is so smooth, it reads almost like poetry. There are real gems (life lessons) in this book and although it is YA, I feel that a person any age can read it. It goes a little deeper than some YA books I've read as it deals with emotional abuse.
"If fate is a shape-shifter, then love is too. It can be, anyway, in its most dangerous form. It's your best day and then your worst. It's your most hope and then your most despair. Lightness, darkness, it can swing between extremes at lightning speed- a boat upon the water on the most dangerous day, and then the clouds crawl in and the sky turns black and the sea rages and the boat is lost."
“I am beginning to think there are two kinds of people," she said. I waited. "Those who forgive themselves too easily but will not forgive others."
"And?" I asked.
"Those that forgive others too easily but will not forgive themselves.”
Aside from the beautiful writing, I think this is a great book with an even greater message. The only thing I didn't love is the ending. I do feel it was a little rushed and I was a disappointed because the rest of the book was so good. Having said that, it is still worth a read and the ending didn't change my mind about how much I loved it.
"If fate is a shape-shifter, then love is too. It can be, anyway, in its most dangerous form. It's your best day and then your worst. It's your most hope and then your most despair. Lightness, darkness, it can swing between extremes at lightning speed- a boat upon the water on the most dangerous day, and then the clouds crawl in and the sky turns black and the sea rages and the boat is lost."
“I am beginning to think there are two kinds of people," she said. I waited. "Those who forgive themselves too easily but will not forgive others."
"And?" I asked.
"Those that forgive others too easily but will not forgive themselves.”
Aside from the beautiful writing, I think this is a great book with an even greater message. The only thing I didn't love is the ending. I do feel it was a little rushed and I was a disappointed because the rest of the book was so good. Having said that, it is still worth a read and the ending didn't change my mind about how much I loved it.
This book was good, actually I feel like I've already lived part of this book. I was in a serious relationship with a guy who was actually named Christian of all things (CREEPY!). So much of the stuff the fictional character Christian used to do, my Christian did too, but I guess all of these psycho types are a lot alike! I mean everytime he said stuff to her about "other Guys" I literally felt nauseous because it was like de'ja'vu for me. And it is really hard to leave when someone you love is begging and pleading and crying their eyes out for you not to leave, promising you they will change and get help, anything, just so you don't leave. These types of people know what to say to make you give them another chance, and another one and on and on... my boyfriend actually used to check what underwear I had on before I went to class to make sure they weren't too sexy. Just in case I had other plans besides going to the class he was driving me to and picking me up from.
Back to the book... I only gave it 3 stars because some of the descriptions of her feelings were just over-done or over metaphored. Also a girl doesn't always need another guy (Finn, although I liked his character a lot) to help her figure out her life. I think it teaches a bad lesson.
Another thing I noticed by reading this book is I dont like books set near the ocean. Authors always go so overboard on the descriptions of the surroundings. I don't like reading a whole page about what the sunset on the ocean looks like... blah!
The ending... I didn't want it to get over-dramatic, but not as much happened btw her and Christian on that last day at his house as was built up to have happened. And then why in the world would she stop and push a row boat in the OCEAN for God's sake when she thought someone was chasing her? I know it was meant to be about her mother or whatever, but no, no one would do that.
All in all, I'm glad someone wrote a book about someone who is possesive and jealous. It's not always about hitting someone for it to be abuse and this kind of abuse isn't written about much. And it's not always so easy as just leaving....
Back to the book... I only gave it 3 stars because some of the descriptions of her feelings were just over-done or over metaphored. Also a girl doesn't always need another guy (Finn, although I liked his character a lot) to help her figure out her life. I think it teaches a bad lesson.
Another thing I noticed by reading this book is I dont like books set near the ocean. Authors always go so overboard on the descriptions of the surroundings. I don't like reading a whole page about what the sunset on the ocean looks like... blah!
The ending... I didn't want it to get over-dramatic, but not as much happened btw her and Christian on that last day at his house as was built up to have happened. And then why in the world would she stop and push a row boat in the OCEAN for God's sake when she thought someone was chasing her? I know it was meant to be about her mother or whatever, but no, no one would do that.
All in all, I'm glad someone wrote a book about someone who is possesive and jealous. It's not always about hitting someone for it to be abuse and this kind of abuse isn't written about much. And it's not always so easy as just leaving....
Everything Deb Caletti writes is gold. ♥_♥ She's so wonderful at writing in those little details that make characters feel real and true. My favourite of her works for details that sparked true with me is The Nature of Jade but this runs a close second. And I love her forever for looking at love and need and what separates a healthy relationship from one that isn't. Just look at this.
GORGEOUS. TRUTH. BEAUTY. I am one among many concerned about the state of YA paranormal romance but if every girl who picks up Twilight reads Stay too I think they'll all be okay. (Also her prose is stunningly beautiful, just let me give you one more quote:
DEB CALETTI, PLEASE KEEP WRITING FOREVER.
You read all kinds of books and see all kinds of movies about the man who is obsessed and devoted, whose focus is a single solid beam, same as the lighthouse and that intense, too. It is Heathcliff with Catherine. It is a vampire with a passionate love stronger than death. We crave that kind of focus from someone else. We'd give anything to be that "loved". But that focus is not some soul-deep pinnacle of perfect devotion--it's only darkness and the tormented ghosts of darkness. It's strange, isn't it, to see a person's gaping emotional wounds, their gnawing needs, as romance? We long for it, I don't know why, but when we have it, it is a knife at our throat on the banks of Greenlake. It is an unwanted power you'd do anything to be rid of. A power that becomes the ultimate powerlessness. Right then, on the beach with Finn Bishop, I learned that the most true-love words are not the ones that grasp and hold and bind you, twisting you both up together in some black dance. No, they are the ones that leave you free to stand alone on your own solid ground, leave him to do the same, a tender space between you.
GORGEOUS. TRUTH. BEAUTY. I am one among many concerned about the state of YA paranormal romance but if every girl who picks up Twilight reads Stay too I think they'll all be okay. (Also her prose is stunningly beautiful, just let me give you one more quote:
But images are all wild things that will do what they wish. They haunt like ghosts; they mingle, like guests at a party, with guilt and hope and revision; they pack up and leave altogether. They spin and collide, even as you anchor the rope and the sail billows on a beautiful September day. Even as he shifts the boat ever so slightly so the sail is as full as it can be.
When that happens though, you realize that all of it is with you still. All of it. You remember. The remembering, and that wind, is what pushes you forward.
DEB CALETTI, PLEASE KEEP WRITING FOREVER.
I was nervous the whole time waiting for the climax I was sure was coming. When it did come, I'll admit to feeling a little like, really? That was what we worked toward? Yes it was dramatic and emotional and all but it didn't seem big enough to resolve the tension built through the rest of the story. Perhaps that was the point: the work that Clara does on her own to overcome her feelings after ending an unhealthy relationships (her bf was a clingy, insecure, creeper type). There's much to love in this one but for once I found myself wishing the book was longer so it could flesh out more of the stories of the supporting characters too.
It was pretty compelling. The only thing I would have liked better was if they didn't keep switching back and forth between flashbacks and present day, it was a bit distracting.
I had been wanting to read this book since I first read the summary several months ago, but I had to wait -impatiently- for its release. I have enjoyed all of the books by Deb Caletti that I have read in the past, but I fell in love with her previous novel, Six Rules of Maybe. After that I had really high expectations for Stay, because her writing has been improving so much with each new book. I was not disappointed.
Clara was written perfectly. She felt so real. All of her choices and her actions seemed to make so much sense. The way she felt about her situation felt very realistic, and I had such an easy time relating to her. The decision to make her out of the typical YA age range was also a nice change. Most of the present storyline takes place the summer after Clara has graduated high school. I wish there were more YA books that focused on the older end of the spectrum. There was a maturity level in this book and its characters that is often lacking in books of the genre. Clara’s father was also remarkably well done. He was fun and humorous, but it was easy to see how protective he was and how much he loved Clara. There was more to his story than just the fact that he was Clara’s father too, which was something I really appreciated. He had his own storyline, even if it was a secondary one. I found that to be very refreshing. All of the characters that Clara and her father meet and interact with during their summer at the beach were interesting and unique. I loved the complexity and quirks of the various people. All of them felt real enough to really exist.
The story was not quite what I was expecting, but that was not a bad thing. In fact it may have made me appreciate it all the more. The relationship between Clara and Christian was very realistically handled. The way it affected them felt seemed more natural than how many relationships are viewed in YA. Seeing that even when a person treats you badly and hurts you, does not always make you stop loving them, was refreshing in a way. It made me feel that I was not alone in feeling like that at times.
All in all I did not fall in love with this book as I did with Six Rules of Maybe, but I did thoroughly enjoy it. It is a touching, hard look at what can happen in a relationship. I appreciated the way the author wrote her characters. All of them felt real enough to step off the page and talk to me. A wonderful read that I highly recommend.
Clara was written perfectly. She felt so real. All of her choices and her actions seemed to make so much sense. The way she felt about her situation felt very realistic, and I had such an easy time relating to her. The decision to make her out of the typical YA age range was also a nice change. Most of the present storyline takes place the summer after Clara has graduated high school. I wish there were more YA books that focused on the older end of the spectrum. There was a maturity level in this book and its characters that is often lacking in books of the genre. Clara’s father was also remarkably well done. He was fun and humorous, but it was easy to see how protective he was and how much he loved Clara. There was more to his story than just the fact that he was Clara’s father too, which was something I really appreciated. He had his own storyline, even if it was a secondary one. I found that to be very refreshing. All of the characters that Clara and her father meet and interact with during their summer at the beach were interesting and unique. I loved the complexity and quirks of the various people. All of them felt real enough to really exist.
The story was not quite what I was expecting, but that was not a bad thing. In fact it may have made me appreciate it all the more. The relationship between Clara and Christian was very realistically handled. The way it affected them felt seemed more natural than how many relationships are viewed in YA. Seeing that even when a person treats you badly and hurts you, does not always make you stop loving them, was refreshing in a way. It made me feel that I was not alone in feeling like that at times.
All in all I did not fall in love with this book as I did with Six Rules of Maybe, but I did thoroughly enjoy it. It is a touching, hard look at what can happen in a relationship. I appreciated the way the author wrote her characters. All of them felt real enough to step off the page and talk to me. A wonderful read that I highly recommend.