WARNING: This is not a story about two happy people who fall easily into love. This is a story about two broken people who find one another — and don’t necessarily like each other. These characters are blunt, rude, and at times annoying. They are broken and sheltered and vulnerable.
This book has violence, sexual situations, and harsh language and is not recommended for those under 17.
“In … under 17.
“In here,” he said, pushing on the skin above my heart, “you’re ten below zero. And you’re closer to death than I am.”
My name is Parker. My body is marked with scars from an attack I don’t remember. I don’t want to remember. I choose to live my life by observation, not through experience. While people are laughing and kissing and connecting, I’m in the corner. Watching them live. I’m indifferent to everything, everyone. The only emotion I feel with any kind of depth is annoyance, and I feel it often.
A text message sent to the wrong number proves to be my undoing.
His name is Everett, but I call him rude. He’s pushy, he’s arrogant, he crowds my personal space, and worst of all: he makes me feel.
He chooses to wear all black, all the time, as if he’s waiting to attend a funeral. Probably because he is.
Everett is dying. And he’s spending his final days living, truly living. In doing so, he’s forcing me to feel, to heal. To come face to face with the demons I suppressed in my memory.
He hurts me, he fulfills me, he completes me. And still, he’s dying.
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I really like this book. It’s something different and it has a twist
great
What would you do if you had only a short time left to live? How would you leave your mark? And what sweet moments would you want to savor before your time ran out?
This is what faces life-loving Everrit, who is facing the big C for the third time round. When he mistakenly texts the wrong person and comes face to face with and emotionally …
I very, very much enjoyed this outstandingly original, story and characters!! I read a great deal and it is so wonderful when I find something DIFFERENT and well written to boot!! This is my first read of Whitney Barbetti and most definitely won’t be the last!!
Wow…
Highly emotional. Riveting. Complex characters.
Love love love this book.