4.2 AVERAGE

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Another stunningly heartbreaking, beautiful book from Tillie Cole ! Bring your tissues…
emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The fictional book about suicide loss and healing that I didn't know I needed.
emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was truly heartbreaking and waayyyyy better than the first one. You could just feel the pain and suffering of Savannah and Cale throughout the story. I listened to the audiobook and this came in twice as hard. The build-up and pace of the story was right and the love felt like a realistic development. Their love didn't feel like a rush, but truly developed. Only in the middle did it start to get a bit too drawn out and I was a bit stuck in a slump.
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5-
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DO NOT make the same mistake I did. I decided to listen to this audiobook… AT WORK. Luckily, I was the only one in the building and sobbed for the entire last third of this book. I should’ve known better because A Thousand Boy Kisses was fantastic (and also required a lot of Kleenex). If you love YA novels that feel incredibly realistic, with romance, and development and growth of characters - this is it. This was a fabulous wrap up of ATBK. I will probably never recover from this duology and desperately need this to be made for TV/movie. I rarely rate my GIR a 10, but this duology needs to be read by anyone who’s ever lost a loved one. 
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 | Gut Instinct Rating: | 10
 | Characters: | 10
 | Believability: | 9
 | Uniqueness: | 10
 | Writing Style: | 10
 | Excitement Factor: | 10
 | Story Line: | 10
 | Title Relevance: | 10
 | Artwork Relevance: | 10
 | Audiobook Narration: | 8
 | Overall: | 9.70
 | Audiobook: | 4.85
 | % Audiobook | 97%