Wasn't There for the Romance But Stayed for the Characters
Sosh is lost and angry at the world for the drunk driver that killed her sister. Stevie and Sosh were more than sisters, they were the best of friends - Sosh looked at Stevie like she was her moon. Evan’s struggling with his dad walking out on his family and his mom’s breast cancer diagnosis - but mostly, he’s worried about how to take care of his younger brother William, a sensitive seven-year-old, who wears the same red hoodie, covers himself in bandaids, and watches E.T. every Tuesday night. Both are trying to figure out their next step in life when they begin hearing a mysterious singer no one else seems to hear. How will the melody bring them together?
The characters of Sosh and Evan were a little harder to get into at the beginning but they were closed off, which was understandable. It was almost like meeting a friend for the first time - the more you got to know them, the more they opened up and shared their struggles.
I don’t read a ton of romance, but this book is most definitely a slow burn romance. Did I get the “love you in another life” part? Not really - sure there were tidbits here and there of other characters in a different time, but I had a hard time connecting them to Sosh and Evan.
What I really did like about this book, that wasn’t the romance, was both the family dynamic of Evan, his mom, and his brother, and the therapy positive outlook they had on there. Oh - and Sosh and her teacher’s relationship, because that’s what I always wanted for my kids when I taught - was for them to feel safe enough to talk about their stuff and for me to hopefully give them a positive outcome.
Overall, I enjoyed this mostly for the character’s individual’s journeys over the romance portion of it. Romance was okay, but that’s not why I will be recommending this book when I do.
The characters of Sosh and Evan were a little harder to get into at the beginning but they were closed off, which was understandable. It was almost like meeting a friend for the first time - the more you got to know them, the more they opened up and shared their struggles.
I don’t read a ton of romance, but this book is most definitely a slow burn romance. Did I get the “love you in another life” part? Not really - sure there were tidbits here and there of other characters in a different time, but I had a hard time connecting them to Sosh and Evan.
What I really did like about this book, that wasn’t the romance, was both the family dynamic of Evan, his mom, and his brother, and the therapy positive outlook they had on there. Oh - and Sosh and her teacher’s relationship, because that’s what I always wanted for my kids when I taught - was for them to feel safe enough to talk about their stuff and for me to hopefully give them a positive outcome.
Overall, I enjoyed this mostly for the character’s individual’s journeys over the romance portion of it. Romance was okay, but that’s not why I will be recommending this book when I do.