OLd vibes but still an ok-ish read.

She learned new forms and traits from a toxic place beginning.

Very heartbreaking yet powerful novel. It truly captures the essence of offensive and unattainable beauty standards.

One night, Junior sees green headlights at the end of his driveway. A man named Terrance exits his car and tells Junior and his wife, Hen, that Junior has been entered into some random lottery to go to space. That he’ll be among the first to settle on some station there. Hen shuts down after that and Junior obsesses over being picked. It takes months for Hen to come around, and then in exactly two years, Terrance pops back up saying Junior has been selected. He then pretty much just moves in with them and questions Junior nonstop, prepping him for the mission. Hen becomes distant again and tries to tell Junior what’s going on but doesn’t really. Junior puts up no resistance to Terrance invading into his life or challenging him about leaving. Hen is extremely unhappy with her living situation and marriage but can’t seem to get Junior to understand. When Junior finally starts to get suspicious of Terrance, it’s revealed he isn’t who he thinks he is. And an even bigger surprise lies ahead.

Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a German boy skilled with radios. Marie-Laure flees Nazi-occupied Paris with her father and a valuable jewel, eventually hiding in the walled city of Saint-Malo. Werner, orphaned and recruited into the Hitler Youth, becomes a soldier tasked with tracking illegal radio transmissions.

It Ends with Us is a powerful contemporary romance that follows Lily Bloom, a determined young woman who opens her own flower shop in Boston. She meets Ryle Kincaid, a confident neurosurgeon, and they quickly fall into a passionate relationship. But as Lily discovers Ryle’s darker side, painful memories of her past resurface—especially those involving her first love, Atlas Corrigan. The story explores the cycle of abuse, the complexity of love, and the strength it takes to make difficult, life-altering choices.

I enjoyed reading this book with my group members in the sixth grade!

10 outta 10.

Chapter 28–30• Sage just found out from Imogen that Roden ship is to arrive early. Roden early arrival would cause a problem because he would be able to identify Sage as Jaron. Safe decided to help Fink, and Imogen make a run for it. However, his attempt was shortly lived when they were captured by Gregor men.

A mother delivers a stream of instructions to her daughter about womanhood.