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This book blew me away. I was expecting your basic contemporary love story, complete with misunderstandings and a love triangle. I wasn't expecting to have my heart ripped out of my chest, in the best way possible, but that's what I got.

Yes, this is a contemporary love story. Yes, there are misunderstandings. But this book is so much more than that. It's a raw, honest look at damage and scars and the cost of healing. It's a celebration of the human spirit and of those who dare to step into the messiness of life and love the broken. It's a hard-won triumph as two people who've been hurt in terrible ways fight for normalcy and healing and end up finding strength and love.

I devoured this book. Stayed up late. Got up early. Couldn't stand to stop reading. I am now a lifelong fangirl of Ms. McGarry's and will happily read everything she ever writes. Even her grocery list. What a stunning debut.