This was such a good book! It was very sad at times and even made me cry! I thought it was cool how the book showed the “then” part set in Pakistan and the “now” part set in present day Juniper, California. I was defiantly rooting for Sal and Noor the whole time. I liked the part about the motel and how Sal wanted to save it to honor his mother. My favorite character was Noor. I loved how she never gave up on Sal, even when he was going through some really tough things. I liked Sal and Noor’s relationship. There were interesting and well written side characters as well. All in all, the whole book felt very well written and well composed. I would definitely recommend this book. However, I would warn that it is a very heavy read at times and to not read if you don’t think you are in the space to handle that. I also loved how this book shared and showed lots of cultural things.