hi, author!! i don’t usually do this, hindi talaga ako yung tipo na nagme-message after finishing a story, but i feel like i just have to after reading against all odds.
i came across it so randomly. nags-scroll lang ako sa isang BL reading list, read its prologue, and it immediately piqued my interest. before i knew it, one chapter turned into five, five turned into ten, hanggang sa hindi ko na namalayan na nakatutok na pala ako sa phone ko.
would you believe me if i say it only took me a day to finish the whole story? as in one whole day. i genuinely could not stop. ilang beses ko sinabi sa sarili ko na “last chapter na, promise,” pero paulit-ulit din akong nagsinungaling sa sarili ko.
words honestly fall short when i try to explain how much i loved it. how much i loved them. the characters felt so real yet extraordinary in the way they carried their love. and i know it’s ironic to say this to a fictional character, but they felt alive. ramdam na ramdam ko sila.
their banters and jokes made me laugh out loud, literal na mukha na akong ewan kakangiti at kakatawa mag-isa sa harap ng phone. but their soft moments and lambingans made my chest ache in the gentlest way. there were moments where i had to put my phone down and pace the room kasi parang hindi kaya ng dibdib ko yung sobrang kilig at bigat at warmth all at once.
now, against all odds has officially become one of my comfort stories. kapag gusto kong tumawa, kapag gusto kong kiligin ulit, kapag gusto kong maalala na love is worth fighting for—i know itong story na ito ang babalikan ko.
thank you for creating something this sincere and beautiful. thank you for giving these characters life. thank you for giving us characters na parang naging kaibigan ko na rin. and thank you for reminding me why i love reading in the first place. you’ve written something special and i hope you know how much it means to someone like me
looking forward to in a heartbeat <3
