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Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
5.0

Beat, beat, pause.
Contract, expand.
Inhale, exhale.


This book hits me repeatedly right through my heart. Mainly because at one point in my life I had been Sydney. I'd been in the same situation. The music, the 'SHOULDN'T' feels. Unfortunately, it didn't end like Maybe Someday, though. Real life is way harsh.

To start off, this book was very heartbreaking and painful to read. I felt like I was reminiscing my past at certain points. Maybe that explained why I cried a lot. I felt the emotions that each character felt. I cried, laughed, cried all over again, and fell in love.

To say that this book is precious to me is an understatement. I relish this with all my heart. I've never felt anything like this about a novel before. I didn't know I needed it until I've read it.
The story gripped me like memories. I didn't want Ridge and Sydney's story to end. Maybe because it was like reading the future love I once wished and dreamed that I would experience when I was at the same situation. I felt connected to Sydney's feelings throughout the book. No one wants to feel like a second choice. No one wants to doubt his/her love for and from another.

"Lines are drawn, but then they fade.
For her I bend, for you I break."

Oh, Ridge. My poor heart can't take it anymore.

Colleen, Colleen, what have you done to me? I sincerely felt like this was written for me, no matter how pretentious it sounds. You don't even know my existence or my life story, but heck, how did you write SUCH a story so close to home? You're otherworldly.