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Kyland by Mia Sheridan
5.0

“We had everything we needed. None of it was big. Most of it was simple. But what I knew in that moment was that the size of your home, your car, your wallet, doesn't have one single thing to do with the size of your life. And my life . . . my life felt big, filled with love and with meaning.”

This book was so beautiful and real. The pain that both Tenleigh and Kyland suffered from such a young age is so heartbreaking. To learn the things they’be been through and how hard they’re working to just get through every day things that most people take for granted.

“I do go to hell. Every day. For you."

Their love story felt so big, compared to how small their world has been. This book touches on real subjects such as poverty, grief, mental illness and loneliness.

“When it came to you, I noticed everything. I fell halfway in love with you before we ever spoke a word.”

Their relationship felt so real and their connection felt so deep despite how little they’ve experienced so far. Both Tenleigh and Kyland are hoping for a scholarship to get out of their small mining town with little too offer. When they fall in love knowing only one of them to win small choices end up making a really big impact on themselves and life. After something tore them apart Tenleigh comes back 4 years later. This book shows the power of sacrifices and how even with having so little to offer you can make such big impacts in your community. With and without a degree.

“Half agony, half hope. Half pain, half ecstasy. Half grief, half joy. Half my downfall, half my savior.”

I love that after so much struggle and pain they got their happy ending they deserved and it doesn’t take a full bank account to be happy. Happiness is what you make of your life. And it felt like a very needed lesson in life right now.

“But when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure."

4.5/5 ⭐️
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