This book really does take your breath away. But in a slow, subtle beautiful and somewhat surprising way. At the beginning I was afraid I had too high expectations, but I got what I came for and a lot more. It is sad, funny and sometimes feels almost too real in a way I don't think I have experienced in a book before. You won't regret reading this, no matter who you are. 
 Maybe this book is one of the secrets of the universe?...

At first the writing and dialogue took a minute to get used to - it’s a bit stiff, a bit formal than most YA books. But eventually I gelled with it and totally bought it as Ari’s personality. 

Dante is a sweetheart. Ari deserves the world. Loved these two together. Definitely recommend. 

Amazing read. It's so sweet and so tender. It's tells the story about the struggles to be a human being in a world that can be cruel. It's even harder if you don't see yourself fitting in anywhere, like you don't belong. It's simply about being a human being with thoughts and feelings that want to be heard. The need to be someone, to yourself, your loved ones and the world around you. To exist is to know your alive. To live is to feel, to explore, to discover. 

Discover the secrets of the universe is a journey of becoming the most authentic version of yourself, with all your imperfections and flaws but also all the beauty and greatness you carry within you. It's about stumbling and falling onto unexpected things that may pull you into the deep well of the unknown. Wich may be scary and disoriented at first, but then when you get back out of it you are so much richer than you were before. Expanding what you once knew to be something you could have never imagined. 

It's a story about redefining love withing yourself and love ones. How complicated love in itself is and to translate even harder sometimes. It shows you that everyone carries scars of life with them; but it's a choice to let that define you or let it transform you. Most of the time we drown in a sea of sadness or anger. Creating a world of illusions were we are the ones directing and controlling everything that may or may not overcome us. But at the end of the day we know the lying has to stop and we have to confront reality heads on. Go to the root of the problem. Thats the beginning of a life long process, cause healing takes time. 

But the power of love and the virtue of patience really is all we need sometimes. 

Short chapters. We're talking 2-5 pages. I personally love that! 

This book was pretty good. I enjoyed the beginning of the book the most and wish that the first summer was written in more detail and in a slower pace so that I could have enjoyed it for longer. There were certain plot points that didn't feel very realistic and there were lots of holes that were simply jumped over. I think the author was trying to do too many things at once with this book and it would have been better if it took a slower pace. However, the characters were written wonderfully and they were what made me enjoy the book so much.

I would say the ending felt a bit rushed, and at some points the conversations were a bit confusing as to who was talking. quite nice but just seemed unrealistic 

This book has my HEART. Ari and Dante are the best characters omg I can’t get over this book

*there will most likely be spoilers here!*

wow. what a gorgeous book. i loved this because it really felt like ari could just be any random guy, which made the whole story feel a lot more relatable. he didnt have any super powers, or major trauma (i meaaann) or anything that determined what this book would be. 
instead it just felt like a casual book going through his life and his love.
i didnt expect that this book would make me cry but wow did it make me cry. there were a few scenes which made me ball.
i loved all the characters especially the parents for some reason, they were just very loveable. one of my favourite bits was the fact that

ari’s parents were the ones that helped him come to terms with the fact that he loved dante. for a family in… what was it…  maybe like 1980’s (i cant really remember) i thought it was very sweet that they were so kind and helpful about it

 
i can see this book being a new comfort book of mine just because of how nice it was to read, i mean whats not to love, there was a dog called legs.. need i say more.

(ALSO I DIDNT WRITE THIS AT 1 AM TODAY, I WROTE IT AT 1PM, WHAT A CHANGE)


P.S

im writing this a while after but i just wanted to add that some of the chapters were very short, but i personally liked that. i like to be able to stop reading after a chapter is done so being able to quickly check how long it was was nice :)
i dont know why im randomly writing yhis but here