Re-read 2
most of my initial thoughts on the book still stand but I now realize it's even better written and more engaging than I felt originally.


first read.
This book would have been a solid five but the sheer amount of smoking that these kids were doing was annoying. I know that the author was most likely doing it to reflect the times but for a while it seemed like that's all they need and it was serving no purpose in the story in many instances.
Otherwise I really enjoyed the story, it had a good amount of angst but it was a great story of love between two young people in a place and time that didn't accept their love,
This book has hardly got any sex on page, it's mentioned as having happened but it's not explicit but I didn't miss it as the story is very well done you can feel the steam coming out of Cody and Nate it doesn't need to be obviously displayed for you to get feel.