Admittedly, I have been a very absent blogger. I have been neglectful, but ever looking for a book to pull me from my book funk. I had grown weary of Paranormal…so weary of the genre. The gggggrowly alphas, the bumbling heroines, I even got sick of the YA variety. But I was still hopeful. That hope was rewarded.
My daily browsing of the Walmart book section paid off big this weekend. I often buy books from there (it’s the only story we have in my city.) but rarely do I buy the book, rush home, crack it open and never stop until the end. It has been a while that I fell in love so fast and so completely.
I guess it is time to tell you the title of the book that ‘woke me up inside.’ The Catastrophic History of You And Me by Jess Rothenberg. The book is amazing, beautiful, funny, heart breaking (heehee) and romantic.
Brie's life ends at sixteen: Her boyfriend tells her he doesn't love her, and the news breaks her heart - literally. But now that she's in heaven, Brie is about to discover that love is way more complicated than she ever imagined. Back in Half Moon Bay, her family has begun to unravel. Her best friend knows a secret about Jacob, the boy she loved and lost - and the truth behind his shattering betrayal. And then there's Patrick, Brie's mysterious new guide and resident Lost Soul who's been D&G (dead and gone) much longer than she… and who just might hold the key to her forever after. With Patrick's help, Brie will have to pass through the five stages of grief before she's ready to move on… but how do you begin again, when your heart is still in pieces?
The book is full of music references that just made the book completely fun to read. I looked forward to see how the lyrical chapter titles tied into what was going to happen next. Brie was very likable, relatable and understandable. It was easy to be swept into her emotions and feel them like they were your own…because we all have felt this way before or easily can. There was only one time that seemed a little off to me. Brie was in the middle of her dark moment with Patrick and she realized see was acting insane and regretted it but then went further and KEPT DOING IT! It felt like it was done to push the two into the next plot but really didn’t make a lot of sense with what she was thinking, her realizing what she was saying, the regret and wanting to take it back but then the next second say more stupid crap. It was the only real wtf moment and though it was enough to piss me off, it wasn’t enough to ruin the story.
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