From the Bookshelf of Q&A with Josh Lanyon…

“How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most of us can’t help but live as though we’ve got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there’s only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it.”

How merciless time is. While we are young, it seems to stay still and create an illusion that it will all last forever, we will be young, and carefree and unburdened by anything else apart from what is 'now'. Then, it speeds up, running faster and faster, until we not only can't keep up with it but taking a hasty breath, stop, look back, and try to understand where and when did all these years went by without us noticing? Where are all those people who mattered so much to us at one point or the other? Was it love then? Heart of hearts? Do we live a half of our lives pretending, in a coma? Do we visit ghost spots and feel the pain of loss and what-would've-beens still pressing down on us decades later?

Some of us are lucky, some - not so much. But none of us can undo the past, we've all had it. And most of us had to let someone go.

This beautifully written poignant story made me go down the memory lane. It's the story so many of us can relate to. The story of first love, loss, shame, choices and consequences. The story of what-ifs. The story of people we leave behind but keep in our hearts for the rest of our lives.

A definite must read.

***5 stars***

Thank you, Maya, for reading this with me and all my friends for support! ❤️

P. S.: For those who is scared of reading this book. (view spoiler)[Even though it doesn't have a HEA, it does have a closure and the ending is bittersweet. (hide spoiler)]