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Dearest Josephine
by Caroline George
4.5⭐
I borrowed this book from the library just because of the beautiful cover and went into it blind. Best decision ever!
This book is a creative blend of YA, historical, romance and magical realism. The writing is beautiful and had me hooked right from the start. I also enjoyed the various storytelling formats (texts, diary entries, prose etc) and how we are transported to different time periods of past and present.
An enthralling read from start to end!
Favourite quotes:
✨ "Perhaps stories are the best of us. Perhaps words are intended to capture our agony and hope and give them that meaning we so crave."
✨ "But what if logic cannot determine whether two people are right for each other? What if love is the simple realization: I was made for you, and you were made for me?"
✨ "I think sometimes we love things we can't have because knowing we'll never get them protects us from wanting too much. Or maybe we use those unattainable things as a distraction because we're afraid to open our hearts to what's right in front of us. That's the biggest risk — choosing to love something we could lose."
✨ "So many people waste time waiting for good things to happen to them. But sometimes we need to make good things happen. And when we finally start doing that, we often see there were good things in our lives all along."
✨ "Messy sometimes needs messy, but when two messy people are together, who cleans them up? Do they pend the rest of their lives in cluttered, mismatched pieces?"
✨ "Not all loves end with together. Some last only a season or a day, but they matter — they have purpose. After everything that has happened, I believe the miracle I needed was not to find you. It was to know you in the first place."
I borrowed this book from the library just because of the beautiful cover and went into it blind. Best decision ever!
This book is a creative blend of YA, historical, romance and magical realism. The writing is beautiful and had me hooked right from the start. I also enjoyed the various storytelling formats (texts, diary entries, prose etc) and how we are transported to different time periods of past and present.
An enthralling read from start to end!
Favourite quotes:
✨ "Perhaps stories are the best of us. Perhaps words are intended to capture our agony and hope and give them that meaning we so crave."
✨ "But what if logic cannot determine whether two people are right for each other? What if love is the simple realization: I was made for you, and you were made for me?"
✨ "I think sometimes we love things we can't have because knowing we'll never get them protects us from wanting too much. Or maybe we use those unattainable things as a distraction because we're afraid to open our hearts to what's right in front of us. That's the biggest risk — choosing to love something we could lose."
✨ "So many people waste time waiting for good things to happen to them. But sometimes we need to make good things happen. And when we finally start doing that, we often see there were good things in our lives all along."
✨ "Messy sometimes needs messy, but when two messy people are together, who cleans them up? Do they pend the rest of their lives in cluttered, mismatched pieces?"
✨ "Not all loves end with together. Some last only a season or a day, but they matter — they have purpose. After everything that has happened, I believe the miracle I needed was not to find you. It was to know you in the first place."