Back when they were still strangers, TJ Carvalho witnessed the only moment in Vivi Flannigan s life when she lost control entirely. Now, TJ can t seem to erase that moment from his mind, no matter how hard he tries. Vivi doesn t remember any of it, but she s determined to leave it far behind. And she will.
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This was such an enjoyable book to read. I will admit, it took me a few chapters to get into, but after the first chapter narrated by Angel, I was into it.
The book has 3 narrators, TJ, Angel, and the main one: Vivi. Vivi and TJ get more chapter time than Angel, which makes sense for the story, but Angel is so funny that I wanted more of him.
Yet, they are all dealing with problems which make the book kind of difficult for the sensitive at heart to read. Honestly, I should really stop reading book dealing with death.... my poor heart. I will say I found some problems or issues to be anti-climatic or overcome easily, but the main problems were so difficult and sad, that I gave some leeway there.
Honestly, these characters feel so real. I absolutely ended up loving them, which made this book even harder to read. The characters were written so beautifully and with such care. Vivi does seem to have a super power with languages and I'm not sure why she hasn't considered a job with interpretation, but maybe that will come later. The romance between TJ and Vivi is super sweet. Not insta-love, it does grow even if I think it moved too fast. The couple though, they are super sweet and adorable, I just love them. I probably ship them as hard as Angel does (so no, no love triangle here).
I feel like this is an excellent coming of age story and realizing that your initial college plans or job ideas, don't always pan out –and that is okay. Life takes many different turns and as long as we are willing to accept the change and try our best, things will work out (usually).
This is a book I'll be recommend to people for sure :) Very lovely.