TW: This book contains mentions of suicide attempts and a murder by stabbing (off page).
This was a sweet, heartwarming story about the highs and lows of familial connections, tradition, friendship, and you know what? It’s just about connections in general. Not only that, this book manages to keep it real with us this entire time and still be light-hearted and heartwarming.
Both Laurel, Belly, and Steven, and Jeremiah and Conrad are distraught after the death of Susannah. The relationships between everyone have become strained and unfamiliar. But, when Belly gets a call from Jeremiah that Conrad has disappeared from school, she springs at the chance to help her boys. In this book, we travel through grieving and mourning in so many different ways. The book also talks about relationships changing, and falling in love. The book is incredibly well written. It has you on the edge of your seat. You feel like you are mourning with our main characters.
Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby follows Quinn, a high school senior who is coping with the death of her boyfriend Trent. After Trent dies, his organs are donated to many people in need, one being Colton Thomas. Quinn’s sorrow encourages her to find the last remnants of Trent, so she tracks down Colton’s shop near the beach. Without revealing her true intentions for meeting Colton, Quinn and Colton become good friends. As they become closer to each other, Quinn finds it harder to keep her secret.
They Both Die at the End, written by Adam Silvera, is a novel about Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio. These two teenagers received a call from Death-Cast, an organization that gives you 24 hours to live until you die. The boys are shocked at the news and try to do as much as they can before it’s too late. They cross paths during the night to accomplish some of their goals together. Will they get everything done in time?
Finally feeling like she's overcome the darkness of her past, seventeen year old Skye Murray is more than ready to leave her hometown to go to her dream college to study art. But when her mom reveals that she's gotten back together with a man who hurt Skye in unimaginable ways, she feels herself crumbling apart, on the verge of losing not only herself, but her family and the ones she loves.
