This was an uplifiting and hopeful poetry collection. The poet has sadly passed after losing her battle with cancer. The way the poems are written speaks to the newfound relationship the writer seemed to have with mortality. Each poem gives perspective to different romantic relationships with various endings and beginnings. Some also speculate on the idea of maybe never finding the one, and still having a wonderful life to live. I could relate to that perspective a lot as I think society tends to put romantic relationsihps on a pedestal. When time may be limited (such as knowing you have a potentially terminal illness) I think it inclindes people to cling more strongly to the relationships we already have. That may or may not involved a romantic partner. I grieved that we no longer have the honor of having Rachel Trieu with us to write more wonderfully inspiring poems like this. I hope her family continues to find peace in her published work in the way I have by reading it for the first time.