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Someone Else's Ocean by Kate Stewart
5.0

Koti met Ian for the first time when she was six years old and their families summered next door to each other in St. Thomas. While Ian was old, they spend the entire summer together. Koti mourned Ian when he left at the end of that summer. The next time she saw him, he was a shadow of a man. Scorned. Angry. Bitter. Neighbors once again, after Koti abandoned her life in New York and came to St Thomas to stay, Ian denied Koti’s friendship left and right. Until, that is, one night that neither could say no. They were both running from their problems and ended up running into each other’s arm.

Never disappointed with Kate and her ability to destroy me, stomp on my heart, and then put it back together. Ian and Koti we both so damaged but so perfect for each other. The angst was there even though they were slightly older. There was everything for the perfect storm. Friends to lovers. Age gap. Trauma. It was a book that @lifeofabookqueen and I devoured slowly because it was just so beautifully written that we didn’t want it to end.