NessaS

If I had to tell someone what their first Anyta Sunday book should be, this would be the one.

Second time reading it, after a few years (I believe i read it in 2015), and I still could remember this book, but it was even better the second time.

The writing is beautiful, stones and rocks are important, and they add so much the narrative and to the growth of the characters.

From the beginning it's impossible not to see that Jace and Cooper are into each other in an innocent way, but that clearly conveys it was deeper than friendship or hate.


Tbh I don't really care if they're blood related or not (as it was left to the reader to piece it up however they think it is), even if they are I must say they just were right for each other. They tried not to be together, they break each others hearts and date others, and put time and space between each other, but love doesn't go away just because you wish it.

I think one of the things I love about Anyta is that her drama and angst is always on point, without going into melodramatic or overdone. A fine, difficult balance to attain, which she did wonderfully in this series.

One of the best slow burns books, and such a good coming of age story as it maps from their early teenhood to their twenties. And yeah, be prepared to see and know they do date, have sex with other characters, and hurt each other, as they are trying to not to hurt those that they love, like their family, and each other. I can't fault them for thinking it could go away, because they were simply too young, yet when they finally get together and consume their years it was worth it. All the heartache, all the feelings, they were worth for that unwavering climax. Better than they doing it younger and then feeling guilt, shame and regret whenever they looked at each other.

A huge part of me did wish that it didn't have the angst, the people they dated, the deaths, but it is so evocative of life and reality. Again, can't fault it for being so grounded, perhaps it's what even made this better.

And tbh, I just loved how they clearly sparked off right from the beginning, and that Lila did notice that from beginning their relationship was unique.

I think even if his father had never divorced his mother and gotten together with Lila, that they'd still have gravitated, met and gotten together. Their pull was just too raw and real, whether it'd been when they were in their twenties or a year or two, since they went to the same school, it'd have happened for sure.

Heck, one of the things I noticed was that for all that Cooper said he liked Zach, we never see or get to see him having sex with any character aside Jace. All the rest is post (as in yes they did) but not even in the same bed post-sex. And for Jace we only see one scene of him beeing intimate with another character, and it was such a gut punch, for Cooper and the reader really. Because they weren't important, the most important memories inside his stones and rocks weren't of them, and tbh it just makes me all warm and gooey inside. I love them soo much, and I wish them all the happiness in the world ಥ⌣ಥ

Warnings: Angst, Tragedy (like death), Sex scene with others beside the target couple, slow burn, lots of sexual tension, climax is super worthy of all the wait and pain though!