I was so excited to come home and find this waiting for me on my porch!!! The perfect beginning to a rainy afternoon. 😍☔️

"They've spent so long at the top, protected and isolated, that they've forgotten they can fall. Their strength has become their weakness. Once, I was afraid of these walls, frightened by such beauty. But I see the cracks now."

This book took me longer than I care to admit to get through, partly because it was my summer reading homework. I thought about bailing halfway through, but then something happened. This book may take a lot of thought to get through, but when you do, the reward is greater than anything else.

"'Maybe it's not the first kisses that are supposed to be special. Maybe it's the last ones.'"

"At stats events or important dinners, Mom was beside Dad or situated right behind him. But when they were just husband and wife—not king and queen—he followed her everywhere."
If you've read The One, this is the cutest line! ?

Cath is my introverted spirit animal. No matter how many times I reread this it always stays at the top of my favorites list!