First of all, to whoever added this to the SAPPHIC book requirement in the Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge, I hope your pillow is never cold. I went into this expecting a sapphic romance, and let me tell you, that was not what I got. There’s a sapphic side pairing, but it’s so minimal that I don’t think it qualifies as a sapphic romance. So, yeah, my expectations were a little skewed.

That being said, I loved this book. Even if someone lied about it being a sapphic romance. As a former dancer, that was what initially intrigued me about the story, but I was completely unprepared for how much it would SHATTER my heart. The characters were so real that when I put the book down, I honestly felt like I lost them.

This book tackles love and loss in such a beautiful way. I remember the turning point for me because I had to rewind it several times, just to make sure I heard what I thought I heard.

My favorite quote from the book is: “If you get very, very lucky in this life, then you get to love another person so hard and so completely that when you lose them it rips you apart. I think the pain is the proof of a life well lived and well loved.”

And if I'm not being pressured to pick just one then this one too: “The problem with broken hearts isn’t that they kill you, it’s that they don’t.”

Even though this wasn’t at all what I expected, it’s a story I’ll never forget.