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340 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2021
"Do you want to make it better?"
"Of course."
"Then stop crying, baby. That hurts more than the wound itself."
SEBASTIAN WEAVER???
kai
knox, daniel, and nate
the ... cheating
naomi's secrets
minimum relationship development
”How is it possible for years to blur together as if they never existed? A single moment. A single glance. A single second of eye contact. And it all bursts back in as if it were never gone. All the details are still the same but somehow not.”
yeah this was definitely better than the first one! it got me in a chokehold since the first few pages and it kept my interest alive all throughout the book.
➼ naomi is a mid character imo. she’s nothing special and i disagreed with most of her choices, but i love her relationship with sebastian. that’s what makes her likable: seb. i would’ve loved to see more of her native culture and her sketching. she didn’t even have the passion for fashion but still pursued that profession. i feel like it was all forced, you know? just bc of her mom and her legacy. meh.
➼ sebastian is very much likable, instead. in the first book, i found him charming while in the second one he was kinda bland. but i get that rina chose to write about him in that way bc he changed a lot while being apart from naomi. or at least this is what my brain delivered.
i love the fact that he was born in japan and spoke japanese but i would’ve loved to see more of the japanese culture in him. in both him and naomi, if i’m being sincere. i found him kinda cringe when he called her “my slut” UGHHH it gives me the ick but i’m not judging who likes it. it’s just not my cup of tea i guess.
i truly appreciated the dynamics between them, the invisible string that bond them to each other. rina’s books are always chaotic and dramatic and full of unnecessary events, but i guess it’s what makes the books captivating, you know?
but can i say the 7 years later thing was really cruel? and akira’s identity? ugh you got me there rina!
I want to ask her how it’s possible to look like a fucking angel I don’t believe in while she’s both crying and smiling. Better yet, I want to be the reason why she has that expression on her face. Haunted happiness. As if neither the pain nor the joy could win, so they decided to co-exist.
Not seeing Naomi is no different than living without the sun. I sound cheesy as fuck, even to myself, but I now recognize how much this girl means to me. She is the meaning.
His eyes peering into mine, even from a distance, feel like lava on my skin, burning it and melting into my soul.
I can’t pick up the pieces when she never gave them back.
“I’ve known darkness since I was six years old and I learned early on not to fight it and, eventually, I learned to blend with it. Being black was fine, even if it felt empty. Then you came along, and I wanted fucking gray. Now, I’m just colorless, so don’t sit there and tell me you have nothing to fucking say.”
I’ve already ripped the stitches open, so I might as well bleed out properly this time. “Do you love him?”
“Thank you for finding me. I don’t want to imagine how my life would’ve been if you hadn’t.”
“Thank you for coming back to me.” I kiss her forehead.
“We come from the same darkness that no one else in the world belongs to.”
“But I never thought we’d pick up right where we left off as if nothing had happened. yes you did, you big fat liar I never thought the mere touch of his skin on mine would set my world ablaze. LMAO how fucking naïve are you??? Of course, you knew It’s even more intense than when we were college kids.” ya and whose fault is that???? Bitch skipped out for 7 years and never explained anything
“i’m her monster and she’s my willing prey.”