Now THAT is how you write a story. I finished this one in less than two days. Kristin is just that good of a writer. The prose just falls right off the page and into your soul.

From a craft perspective, I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank Kristin for ACTUALLY KNOWING HOW TO DO A PROPER FUCKING DENOUEMENT. I feel like *I* am the crazy one for always thinking “OMG what a great climax that was really…oh, now it’s over. Okay.” But NO! Kristin GETS how to end a book. She lets us sit with her protagonist in the AFTER for a little bit. Let’s us see that not only has she learned the theme of the book, but that she’s actually THRIVING in her new equilibrium, and I cannot tell you how much that means to me both as a reader and a writer.

From a personal perspective: I can finally say this now that I’ve stopped ugly sobbing, but this book was the orange poppy I needed to close a chapter that’s been open for for almost 20 years. Patrick Ness helped me with another chapter not so long ago, and now Kristin is filling that role for a different one, and those two authors are now in a very elite club that have given me an indescribable light in darkness, and a comfort that’s hard to put into words. And for that, I can only say: “Thank you.”