♡︎.ᐟજ⁀➴3.5 stars 💐💗
⤿ this book was a perfect combination of the summer i turned pretty and love and other words
➳“She’s in every place I visit, in all the love songs I listen to. She’s in the chocolate-cherry ice cream I eat and the 2000s movies I watch and the Jeep I still drive and the thunderstorms outside my window and the quotes I read about love and pain and beauty and heartache.”
🩷₊˚⊹♡ violet + will were best friends, spending summers together, sharing heartfelt memories, and being together for what felt like infinity. they begin to realize how in love they are with each other but not too long before disaster strikes, breaking the two apart for what seemed to be for good. however, as both violet and will meet up at the beach house they spent their childhood summers in years later, they begin to reconcile and they realize that of all unsure and disastrous things, their love remains infinite.
➳“I know when you look at me, you see everything that went wrong, but when I look at you?” He licks his lips. “Violet, when I look at you, I still see the love of my life.”
📖₊˚⊹♡ i will say i think a common pattern for a lot of second chance romances is that the past chapters always are so much better. the chemistry was just there and i adored them as childhood best friends so much so that was definitely my favorite part. them hanging out at the beach, trusting each other, talking about infinity, ahhhhh too cute 💗💌
➳“They weren’t you, V. I didn’t realize it before, but once I was with them, I expected their hair to smell like your strawberry shampoo and their hugs to feel like yours and their laughter to sound like yours. I was looking for you in every girl I met.” His thumb brushes against my parted lips. “But there’s no other you, Violet. You’re it for me.”
🧸₊˚⊹♡ i also know a lot of people said they predicted the plot twist, or i guess the disaster, but although i had a general idea, it was actually a lot more complex and heartbreaking than i expected. i will say i think violet was resisting will so much more than she should've, and it bothers me so much when characters waste time trying to convince themselves they aren't in love!! just make a move like life is short and we can't spend 90% of the book waiting for you ☹️💗
i also can't move on from the fact that they were forced to talk again because violet clogged the toilet. i mean i guess it was supposed to be relatable but she made it sooo awkward and i was dying the whole time reading it 😭 (new fear unlocked)
➳“So there’s an infinity of memories within me, and an infinity of memories within you. But the infinity between us? It’s even grander.”
overall, i think this book was very cute!! definitely a perfect summer read so i'm not sure why i'm writing a review right now in the middle of february lol. however, this book made me realize i adore childhood bestfriends to lovers + second chance romance so so much and even though they all feel very much copy-pasted, i will eat it up every single time! <3
mini playlist🌷
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friend - gracie abrams
white horse - taylor swift
last kiss - taylor swift
glimpse of us - joji
everything has changed - taylor swift