I found the illustrations on most pages to be surprisingly engaging. At first I thought it was overwhelming but once I started reading and looking at the illustrations with the poetry it pulled me deeper into the collection. The poetry was thought-provoking, intense, and emotional. I felt like I was growing alongside the author and the poetry was telling a story throughout the length of the book.

The professor was coming to the end of his life, after facing a tough diagnosis of a terminal illness with no cure. In fourteen visits, he reflected on life and death, love and loss, emotions, regrets, and there are so many little stories along the way.

In only 192 pages, this book captures a mans last few weeks before death, reflects on the past, and free's the table for hard conversations. Each time I read this book, I learn something new or I think about life a little bit different than before.

I found it easy to connect with the pieces and the author because she talks about such vulnerable topics and displays such an array of emotions. The poetry comes from a place deep inside and it is enlightening to see an author share so much and be so raw about the ups and the downs.

I wished that the point of view was more consistent. When we read Cyra's chapters it comes directly from her point of view using first person. However, once we get to Akos' chapters it doesn't follow the same tense, it is not coming from his point of view directly using third person to describe the scenes. I sometimes found it challenging to continue reading with the tense changing often.

I did appreciate the different points of view in this story. I felt like it was a necessary part of the book that made it more complete. Understanding the characters individually and being able to see their growth throughout. Sometimes I think there was too much growth all at once, like when Cyra started changing and meeting with the renegade and deciding to kill her brother. It felt a little rushed and like it happened faster than anything else had.

The characters are well developed and the story is captivating. Each character, even most of the side characters have a distinct background that gets built throughout the book. There is a twist in this book that I, personally, did not see coming but the title of the book is extremely fitting for the story that lies within.

This imaginative story follows an eleven-year-old orphaned girl named Willodeen. She is a young nature enthusiast who searches nature for answers and questions about the unknown or misunderstood. She lost her family to a wildfire in a small town where everybody knows everyone.

I love the illustrations throughout the book for the creatures that are being described. The characters were unique and each one was interesting. Willodeen lived with two elderly women and at the beginning of the book she had no friends because she was misunderstood and different. Throughout the short book a friendship arises with a boy named Connor who is also a little misunderstood.

The book was a little too fast-paced for me, I wish there could have just been a little bit more to the story about nature. The creatures in this story and the passion the main character has for nature would have been a great way to integrate more explanations about nature and the way it is all interconnected.

This captivating story is told from two perspectives: Grace and Sam. As a child Grace was attacked by wolves, but one stepped forward to save her. After the attack she couldn't stop thinking about them and learning about them. Now seventeen-year-old, Grace is finding out more about her wolf, Sam, and the rest of the pack after he showed up on her doorstep with a deadly wound.

This book was action-packed, it felt like every page had new information, new twists and turns to wind me through the story. In a book where the temperature plays a significant role in the events, including the temperature reading at the beginning of each chapter was such a unique way to incorporate it into the story.

The book was a little too fast-paced for me, I wish there had been more details given about some of the characters. At the end of the book I felt like I should know some of the characters more than I do. Each character does have their unique qualities that I do enjoy. Although I find it hard to picture the characters in my head sometimes.

This story has a lot to unpack, it follows a college freshmen that is attending a local university for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. After a prank-gone-wrong, someone starts digging at the past. Dark secrets get revealed in her friend group, including her own. After her roommate gets killed in the crossfire, they set out to find the killer's identity.

I truly loved every second of this book and I can't wait to read future books by this author!

Although this story took me a month to finish I do have to save that I enjoyed it a lot. I could feel the characters emotions through the words on the page and it captivated me at times.

It took me so long to finish because I thought it was a little slow at first, before the two characters meet. I wished it gave me more. But the more I continued to read, the more I enjoyed the story!

I could not let go of the book when I was reading, clinging to the pages begging for more. I was so upset when the book ended because I just want to keep reading. The characters in the book are imaginative and have so many layers to each of them.

I could read this story again and again because the plot is so intense and enchanting. It is easy to imagine yourself in Zo's shoes, suddenly being thrown into this world of the unknown. I love her character despite how irrational she can be at times, she does go through a whirlwind of events all at once so it's understandable more at times.

This was a really good read. The details throughout the book were captivating and I felt like I was right there in the story. Although there was a notable amount of repetition for the same details.

I absolutely loved the characters in this story each one of them has their one unique stories and their descriptions make them feel even more real. I found myself really enjoying this book! It was a quick read for me, but I loved every minute of it.