A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole on March 1, 2016
Genres: Fiction / Coming of Age, Fiction / Friendship, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Pages: 352
Format: eBook
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“Maybe we’re like the cherry blossom, Rune. Like shooting stars. Maybe we loved too much too young and burned so bright that we had to fade out.” She pointed behind us, to the blossom grove. “Extreme beauty, quick death. We had this love long enough to teach us a lesson. To show us how capable of love we truly are.”
When seventeen-year-old Rune Kristiansen returns from his native Norway to the sleepy town of Blossom Grove, Georgia, where he befriended Poppy Litchfield as a child, he has just one thing on his mind. Why did the girl who was one half of his soul, who promised to wait faithfully for his return, cut him off without a word of explanation? Rune’s heart was broken two years ago when Poppy fell silent. When he discovers the truth, he finds that the greatest heartache is yet to come.
My heart is breaking. Usually when a book makes me cry, it is just a single tear here and there. Not this book, I was full on crying like I had just watched the end of the Titanic movie. This book was so painful yet so beautiful. I want you to understand that this book is a little rough. The writing is a little plain and the characters are pretty basic, but something about this totally captured my heart. It is one of those stories that really makes you think about how you live life and evaluate the things that make you happy.
This book was a five star for me, up until the epilogue. I then had to give it a 4.5 star-rating. I had to give myself a quick break before I read the epilogue since my heart was shattering. It ended in a way that just wasn’t quite right to me. A side from that one small note, this book it worth the read!