When the Stars Fall (Lost Stars, #1)

by Emery Rose

I wanted to be her two in the morning person. The one who was there for her no matter what.

“What happens when the stars fall, Jude?” “I’ll put them back in the sky for you,”

While he was going to parties and drinking beer and letting girls kiss him and give him blow jobs, I was sitting at home watching my mom die.

This was the moment I knew this book was gonna destroy me 😭

I loved her. I’d loved her forever. I’d loved her since we were nine years old and I was scared she was going to drown in the creek. I’d loved her when she punched me in the fourth grade. I’d loved her when I gave her my favorite hoodie in ninth grade. I’d loved her in tenth grade when she cheered for me from the bleachers at my football games even though she was the sad girl.

Instead of being with my mom when she died, I’d been kissing Jude on the roof.

That night I slept under a sky full of stars. “What happens when the stars fall, Jude?” “I’ll put them back in the sky for you.”

Being brave meant being honest and owning up to the things you’d done to hurt people.

“Baby. I love you. Tell me what I can do to make this better. I’ll do anything.” “Put the stars back in the sky, Jude. It’s so dark and lonely without them.”

By this point I was so broken, it was just constant tears 😭

“You owe me an entire galaxy. I’m still waiting for you to put the stars back in the sky.”

Our love story had played out like a fucking tragedy. Redemption never came easy but I was up to the task.

Life is hard but it’s these moments of joy and wonder that shine the brightest, even on the darkest nights. And I don’t want to miss a single one. I have found my way home and the journey I took to get here made the reward so much sweeter.