In our hearts, we’ve already stood on that desolate beach and we know the happy story has no happy ending. The very setup is crystal clear that these two individuals are soul-mates and destined to be together. The connection is warm and surrounds every breath and moment. It’s light and cheerful and so incredibly full of love and light. As he stands there to watch her walk into another man’s arms forever, we begin our journey, plunging backwards into the depths of time, where the story truly begins. In the beginning, we are set on a desolate beach, experiencing a lifetime of regret within a snapshot moment as one man says goodbye to the love of his life. I thought I was reading a simple coming of age romance and wasn’t really prepared for the emotional journey I had embarked upon. Robinson uses the magic of her words to wrap a spell around the reader’s mind and accomplishes just that. There is beauty in escape, in taking a moment out of your life to travel the planes of ‘what if’ and step into the lives of another.
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