Review: When We Collided

When We Collided by Emery Lord
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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Can you fall in love, when you're falling apart?

That is the main question, the answer that everyone wants to know, and yet dreads to find out. Dating is hard, being a teenager is hard and being and doing both when you're not fully yourself can be even harder again.
Yet Vivi somehow worms herself through life and in to Jonah's life, twisting herself around him and his siblings in one beautiful and nearly perfect summer in a beautiful little coastal town. Through every twist and turn of their adventure, we learn their stories, their lives and their losses.

At first, I struggled a little to get in to the book, mainly because it is written in the first person, a way I have come to loathe and not enjoy, often putting books down because of. But I wanted to press on and I am so glad I did because 'When we Collided' became one of the most beautiful books that I have ever read. Emery Lord has taking a important subject and twisted it in to a tale so loving and so kind that it does wonder towards being beautiful and respectful too. I give many Kudos to Lord for tackling such an hushed up subject of mental health, a lot of authors try and often or not, they end up twisting it all in the wrong way, making mental health sound like it's something which should be swept under the carpet and not spoken about.

I highly recommend that everyone reads this book, it's a novel of all times.

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