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This book amazed the funny right out of me, but replaced it with something more. So much more that I can't even curse properly! It was so well written it hurt. By the end I was bled completely dry of all thought...all emotion!

I was so incredibly close to just repeating, "OH MY GOD, WOW! OH MY GOD, WOW! GET ME A DRINK! OH MY GOD, WOW!", over and over again for this review, but it's important for me to let you know exactly how this book made me More...

Beautiful. Powerful. Deep. Heart-wrenching. Believable. Uplifting. Unforgettable. A must-read!!

WOW. 5+ stars. One of my favorite reads of the year!

The Sea of Tranquility is a beautifully written, deep and heart-wrenching drama about two damaged teens surviving unchangeable tragedies, and devastating grief, hurt, and pain; learning to cope with them, accept them, and somehow finding healing, safety and finally happiness and love in each other along the way.

Its quiet and very, very slow bui More...

Beautifully tragic and powerfully uplifting!

The Sea Of Tranquility is quite possibly one of the most beautifully written books I've read in its genre. The five stars allotted for rating this story just don't seem to suffice. Everything about this book pulled me in; from the various rave reviews decorating Goodreads, to its calming title and enchanting cover--yet all of this was rendered insignificant when I became captured by the breathtaking beauty within.

The story opens with a powerful prologu More...

So I ended up creating a new shelf for that book : "Everyone loved but me".
Here I am, all sheepish and disappointed because I, once again, didn’t like a praised Goodreads book as much as I thought I would (should). So many good ratings for this book. So many wonderful reviews, so many people saying they cried over the story. I didn’t. I so fucking didn't.

+ : It’s true what most of the reviewers say, there is no insta love.
- : There is what I call NEVA-LOVE. Or, 800-pages-long-and-still-nothing More...

Spoiler Free Review -READ THIS BOOK NOW! IT'S A MUST READ!!!
5 STARS out of 5
Genre: YA Romance-Mature Content

Nastya
'Dying isn't so bad after you've done it once.
And I have.
I'm not afraid of death anymore.
I'm afraid of everything else.'

Nastya Kashinkov is a self inflicted mute at age seventeen. She was once an accomplished pianist but then something happens. She dies. She dies a horrific brutal violent death. Yes, death touches her for ninety six seconds before she is brought back to life. Only to More...

They say there's a place you go when you die
Perhaps it's full of life, laughter, and loved ones
Perhaps there's no light, no laughter; only darkness
Perhaps it's a place you've never seen before
Or perhaps it's a place familiar to you...
You can't know unless you've survived death
Survived and come back;
But what if...what if upon returning to life
All you've discovered is that you're still dead?
Walking around aimlessly with no purpose
Walking around and simply just existing
What if existing is all you h More...

All I say,
It doesn't matter anyway.
I'm giving up,
So call my bluff.
Cause I just need to be reminded who I am.
I'm falling apart.

What to do when everything's perfect and then suddenly it's all falling apart? When you're so lost in the dark that when you're finally pushed into the light you don't know where to start....When life finally gives you a chance to start all over again..but you're so held in the grips of your past that you mess it all up...What to do then???

It's simple.

You RUN .

And you ru More...

3 STARS

“People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that responsibility.” - Nastya

Josh is a seventeen your old boy who is completely alone. He's lost everyone of his family member More...

5 ++++++ stars!! A must read for any of my reader friends, and I don’t say that lightly!

This is one of those books that make me want to re-evaluate all of my five star ratings. This is NOT just for readers of the YA genre. It’s for everyone. It’s not a feel good book, though I did put it down for the last time feeling good. Throughout most of it, though, my emotions were in such a turmoil that I didn’t know WHAT I was feeling. I had sad tears in my eyes, and then angry tears. By angry, I mean I More...

“He took the fucking piano, Sunshine. He didn't take everything. Look at your left hand. It's probably clenched in a fist right now, isn't it?"
I don't need to look. It is. He knows it.
"Now open it up and let it go."
And I do.”

So what happens when you lose the one thing that makes you who you are? When your mind and soul is ripped apart because your body cannot keep up with them?When everyone insists you're alive while in fact you are long gone?

When one fateful moment
destroys your past...
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In awe! Just experienced greatness!


Have you ever read a book and when you go to review it, you simply can not find the words to do this said book justice? Have you ever been so amazed and in awe of a book that you can not put coherent thoughts together? Well, The Sea of Tranquility by Katka Millay is that book for me. Millay has written a powerful book about two damaged individuals. Can they be fixed? Can they get a second chance? Not sure that we are provided with all the answers. However, we a More...

Oh my god, I just don't know what to say about this book. I seriously considered leaving the rating blank because The Sea of Tranquility isn't something that can easily be summed up in stars, my feelings for it are much more complex than that. I do realise that I'm pretty much the only person in the universe who gave this less than 4 stars (and most gave it 5) and there are a number of reasons, but I'll get to those in a minute. But it's important to know that 3 stars isn't really accurate at a More...

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This book left me in a complete daze. I almost don't know how to start this review, because how do you possibly put something like this into words? The Sea of Tranquility has so much emotion, devastation, power, helplessness, and an odd sense of hope.

The first half of this book was absolutely hilarious. Maybe that's wrong of me to say, given the nature of this story, but I can't help it. The characters are AMAZING! Their inner dialogue had me totally crackin More...

TOP FAVORITE!!!
My Cast:


"He needs to be able to fix things and make it all better; to believe that you’re okay so that he can believe he’s okay.”

Nastya is an illusion. She has changed schools and fled the safety of her family because she can’t be who she used to be before her life took a horrific detour. She has moved in with her aunt and has begun classes at a new school. She also dresses to scare/repel other students. Josh Bennett is as socially inept as Nastya. He has lost every single perso More...

5 EARTH SHATTERING STARS
352 pages
Genre: Mature Young Adult/New Adult/Adult
due to mature themes and situations

The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay is one of my all time Favorites this year, it touched my soul, this isn't some silly, romance type of books! it is story about truy love, sacrifice, revenge, self pity, self loathing, anger, rage... they do not end!! there were so many emotions, i was all over the place for two days! this book ladies and gentlemen is FUCKING AWESOME.

The writing More...

To say I love this book would be understatement.

No matter if you prefer light or dark read, YA or chick-lit, paranormal or contemporary just stop whatever you are reading at the moment and read this amazing story!!!

My Nastya and Josh:


The Sea of Tranquility was perfection! It was beautifully written, with original and interesting ideas, thoughtful characters and never boring storyline. What more do you need? I really loved the style of writing, it was very appealing and it just blew my mind. Thi More...

4 INSPIRATIONAL STARS

Two wounded souls, two teenagers who instead of making dreams and thinking of the future, desperately try to survive each day and forget the past. Can they heal each other or they are doomed to loneliness and despair?


-Sea of Tranquility (what the book implied)


-The surface of planet Venus (what the book actually delivers)

Starting my review I must admit that I don't like young adult books in general. There are few (OK more than a few) bright exception but they are mostly in t More...

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I Loved this book.

Esto es lo que me gusta leer. Nada de amores que se desarrollan en 1 hora. No. Una relación que se contruye de manera paulatina, perfecta.

Me enamoré de Nastya, Josh y Drew a la vez. Son un trío de personajes perfectos. Y no, no son un triángulo amoroso. Ver a Nastya tan rota, tan destrozada, me destrozó por dentro, la narración logra hacer que entiendas cada matiz de lo que ella siente. Sus recuerdos te impactan. Su hi More...

When two worlds full of tragedy collide, prepare yourself for some heartbreak...



Sometimes there are books that take my breath away, sometimes my emotions flood my soul, sometimes words cut deep into my heart, sometimes stories don't want me to let go, sometimes I fall in love... with a character, with a paragraph, with an author... sometimes I just feel like falling.

Deep and raw, that's how this story is.
It breaks your heart and even makes you enjoy that feeling, it plays with your mind, it mak More...

My review can also be found on my blog Collections.

That last line. Wow. It has taken me a couple of days to process, but it's finally hit me how mind-blowing the revelation at the end was. Want to know my initial reaction to the last line? It went something like, 'Are you lying? Don't mess around like that.' I seriously did not believe it. My mind couldn't comprehend it fast enough. I just couldn't believe the ending could be that perfect! When I think back to everything that happened in the boo More...

Ugh. Why do I do this all the time? Yet again, I wasted company time reading this at work. In my defence, I started it at lunch time and by the time the hour was up, I couldn't NOT finish it. It won't let me.

What to say about this book? I'm honestly at a loss. I've thought about foregoing a review but it just seem so wrong if I didn't. Besides, I just know I'd fail horrendously to give it the accolades it deserves.

"The Sea of Tranquility is a slow-building, character-driven romance about a lon More...

5 STARS? INFINITE NUMBER OF STARS!

This is a book that will change your life.

I seriously thought about making a wow-this-book-is-so-brilliant omg-im-so-recommending-this bookshelf where I could put 'The Sea of Tranquility' alone just to denote that this book is exceptionally beautiful, heartwrenching, powerful, and outshines the rest of the books on my favorites list.

Katja Millay, you just created a masterpiece and I'm in awe!

"I think I’ll stay in pieces. I can shift them, rearrange, depending o More...

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Everyone and their mother seems to love this book. I know everyone says that, but in this case it's true. Thousands of ratings, and only 12 of them gave Sea of Tranquility one star. I'll be honest: that's intimidating. But because I've always prided myself on honesty, I am giving this book one star. I'll also admit I couldn't finish this book. Gladly.

Nastya is . . . well, nasty. She's a total bitch, and one of the most repulsive protag More...

"I hate my left hand. I hate to look at it. I hate it when it stutters and trembles and reminds me that my identity is gone. But I look at it anyway, because it also reminds me that I'm going to find the boy who took everything away from me. I'm going to kill the boy who killed me, and when I kill him, I'm going to do it with my left hand."

WOW.... AMAZING..... I've been thinking about this book all day... wondering where to start with this review. I just don't know where to start. I've read ma More...

There were things about this book that, at first, I didn't like as I was reading. I felt like the beggining of the book was bogged down in teenage angst and overly dramatic inner dialogue from the two main characters Nastya and Josh. Both of them had some serious issues that they were dealing with that we as readers don't get to know about right away. The dramatic and, at most times, depressing undercurrents to the story had me feeling like my chest was being weighed down with heavy stones as I More...

Wow I did not expect this! To be completely honest the cover did not initially attract me to this novel so I never looked into it before I started getting all these recommendations. This is not always a good sign, however, since it raises my expectations, but I am happy to say that it was absolutely amazing. Not only does it involve a gritty, unapologetic story, we have characters who will tear your heart out with their grief and self destruction, leaving you feeling bruised and battered. It is More...

*SOB* God dammit. I've been crying for like the last hour. Fucking shit...my heart hurts, my nose is running and my eyes are puffy. To say this book broke me would be an understatement. I can't write a proper review at the moment because I'm an emotional wreck...devastation. But I will say...well hell now I'm at a loss for words choked up...nothing is coming to me. Once I can get my emotions in order, I will attempt at a good review. Bravo Katja, this book topped my list. I love you....seriously More...

“I believe in God, Sunshine. I’ve always believed that God exists,” he says.And what he says next isn’t self-pity or angst or melodrama. It’s truth.“I just know that he hates me.”

There are books that break your heart, books that mend it, books that make you happy or sad, or angry, or frustrated...there are books that send tingles all over your body from the pure amazement of what is on the page...there are books that change your perspective of things..things like God, and Love, and Friendship.. More...

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. This book will wreck you.



Everyone has to say three things about themselves and one of those things has to be a lie.

My name is Nastya Kashnikov.

I was a piano-playing prodigy who doesn't belong anywhere near an Intro to Music class.

I was murdered two and a half years ago.

Discuss.

Uh oh.



I honestly don't know what I could possibly add to the fantastic reviews that have already been posted. I didn't know much about "The Sea of Tranquility" before I began reading and I More...

This review was originally posted on my blog, Natalie Reads Books.

I have a bad habit of using Goodreads to fuel my book addiction, and this is a perfect example. On Monday I was just sitting at work, minding my own business and browsing Goodreads on my lunch hour, when I saw that one of my friends (Jill!) had just posted a five star review for a book that I'd never heard of. Naturally I had to know more, so I read the first part of the review (I don't like to read whole reviews initially, so as More...