A review by kellyhager
When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It's an unconventional love story between two imperfect people. Alvie is hard to like (she's not good with people at all) and Stanley is incredibly shy and both bear scars from their respective families. Life has not been particularly kind to either of them. And yet, they've managed to carve out their spaces in the world. When they meet, they manage to form a friendship that---of course, right?---becomes something else. 

And yet this love story defies expectations at every turn.  It broke my heart and made me smile and was exactly the story I needed. I cannot recommend it fiercely enough.