so much to say actually. the book was terribly hard to get into, 50 pages in i dozed off (ryle's tactics weren't doing it for me up until his romantic gestures came in). i have dislikes and complaints with the plot and characters but what me and all the people on internet failed to understand that it was meant to be this way it was supposed to be this way, if you haven't read note from the author you mustn't know how it was rolled out of her real life, the characters are as real it gets. they make blunders, they fall in love so pathetically, they beg over their sexual desires, have the most unimaginable toxicity in them making you wonder coho must be exaggerating no way ryle could be this way, if this ever came to your mind while reading this book sorry you haven't yet seen the world. when olivia said its brutal out here she meant it she was true about it. heartache. heartache. i have got no words for atlas however, god made him with all the time and love he had. do you ever cross paths with such men? i hope all of us are blessed with an atlas and alyssa as bestie. i really hope for all of us. lily lily lily, brave and bold, kisses for you i really see how you managed to get atlas all to you. i don't think i have felt so many emotions in such a long while but this was a heart breaking read, a rollercoaster of emotions in all honesty, very realistic but i know you won't believe this was real two bits, destroyed me in the best possible way. coho's mum and jenny bloom i wish to grow up as you.