Synopsis: (from Goodreads)I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.
Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.
Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.
Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.
The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.
My Thoughts:
“I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.”
“I don't really care what people say about me. I'm fine with lies and rumors. It's the truth I don't want being told.”
“Sometimes it's easier to pretend nothing is wrong than to face the fact that everything is wrong, but you're powerless to do anything about it.”
“I don't really care what people say about me. I'm fine with lies and rumors. It's the truth I don't want being told.”
“Sometimes it's easier to pretend nothing is wrong than to face the fact that everything is wrong, but you're powerless to do anything about it.”
What will you do if you have a horrible past? How would you deal with your present life if your past keeps on haunting you?
Nastya’s solution was to run. She decided to live with her aunt and go to school where everyone will never know who she was. Then she met Josh. Josh, on the other hand, was a lonely boy. Everyone he loved was permanently taken from him and at the age of seventeen, he’s just living on his own. Then apparently, Nastya ended up watching Josh at his garage every night. And then they became comfortable with each other and they developed a good friendship.
“We're like mysteries to one another. Maybe if I can solve him and he can solve me, we can explain each other. Maybe that's what I need. Someone to explain me.”
What I like – No, what I love about the book:
1. Mystery- Nastya was a great mystery for me. She’s like a puzzle I have to answer by turning the pages of this book. There were hints of her past but it was so vague that I couldn’t put the pieces together – and I loved it because it was the reason I was so hooked in the story.
2. Josh Bennett- I can’t describe him really, when you love a fictional character, it’s unexplainable why you love him so much. And he has just been added to my ever growing list of fictional characters I wanted to marry. He’s on the top list!
3. Nastya and Josh- Obviously they’re love team here in this story and what I loved about their love story is that it wasn’t rush. They had a solid foundation -- friendship. They’re not one of those love stories in books that are quite impossible to happen in real life.
4. Characters- I liked every character in this story, whether they had big part or not. But I’ll point out three characters I love. Drew was a total jackass at first but at the latter part of the book you’ll figure he’s not and you won’t question anymore why he’s Josh’s best friend. Clay was so damn good in drawing, He’s got no issues in this book and that’s what I like about his existence. He just draws and every drawing he has have an emotion on it. (heh feeling expert what do I know about drawing? None. Lol.) Margot- she’s Nastya’s aunt and I just like her because she said Josh was cute. Lol.
I still have a lot to say about how this book has just been my favorite stand-alone book but if I explain further, it would just be like this adssfdsgdfjghlh;ljkd;flgvkdxl/kvjds;kglhsd;iovjncxkvndskgjvnlkdjg;idjvg’dosgdo. BECAUSE I LOVED IT SO MUCH, I CAN’T DESCRIBE IT AT ALL.
If I could just give this book 10 star, I would. But it won’t be enough to what this book truly deserved. It’s not rate-able. Hahaha. I recommend this to everyone. Must read. Trust me.
This review was originally posted on my Goodreads account so check it out! This was my first ever legit book review. If you could consider this legit. Lol
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