I've heard great things about Melissa Toppen... It's why I was so excited to receive an ARC of this book.
The story mainly revolves around Elara Menten, Kamden Thaler and Kane Thaler...
Elara and Kamden are bestfriends who secretly have feelings for eachother... And then that one fateful day came, an accident happened killing Kamden and Elara blames herself... Enter Kane, who is Kam's older brother...
As I was reading this book, I kept thinking that it kinda reminds me of one of my favorite books of all-time, FALLING INTO YOU by Jasinda Wilder... there are some similarities, yeah but on this one they escape to another country... all these and more. Elara and Kane's road to falling in love wasn't all that smooth because of the tragedy but still it gave me butterflies...
The storyline isnt something new, but it works because it still had its own uniqueness... the pacing of the story and the transition of the character's relationship from friends to lovers was seamless... there were definitely some angsty parts that made me roll my eyes but I reckon it was necessary... and oh man, the cover... It made me have heart-eyes!
For all of ya'll who are fans of Jasinda Wilder's Falling Into You and Melanie Harlow's From This Moment, this is definitely the book to read next.