"You're not asking for too much. You were just asking the wrong person. Ask me instead."This book was another win for me by Abby! It was beautiful!This book is about healing from the trauma that is placed on you by others. And is it worth letting those people stay in your life if you're constanting having to put yourself back together after the damage they cause over and over again!So much of this book I could relate to! Which hit so hard! I'm always so grateful for writers like Abby, who put words to emotions I've never been able to!☀️Justin and Emma struggle with the same curse. Whoever they date, the next person they date falls in love with their soul mate!Emma was used to running. Never putting down roots so she never had to lose anything. So when Justin offers a deal to break their curse together, she agrees, knowing it'll only be temporary. Because temporary she could do. Temporary was her normal!But Emma wasn't expecting to find a safe place in Justin. And that was scarier than she could have ever imagined. But slowly, Justin shows her what it was like to have someone who is constant and what it feels like to be wanted.☀️A few of my favorite parts:(I tried very hard not to include spoilers but read with caution or dont)-Justin was such an overthinker, and I loved it!-“I’m thinking that I like you a lot more than I thought I would. I’m thinking that I probably smell because it’s hot and all my deodorant washed off in the pool, and that this place would be the perfect place to kiss you like I’m supposed to, but I wouldn’t because of the deodorant thing. I’m thinking that this whole thing with your mom and Neil feels weird, and I can’t put my finger on why. I’m thinking that I don’t like her because she’s ignoring you for some guy she just met, and I feel bad that I don’t like her because I know you do. And then I’m wondering if I’m too hard on people, because I can’t stop thinking about what you said earlier, that you should always choose empathy, and if you can choose empathy with someone like that, I should be able to do it with people I love—but I can’t. I’m thinking your bathing suit looks too tight, and it looks uncomfortable like it’s going to leave lines on your skin. I’m thinking about what those lines would look like when you take it off—not in a sexual way, but also sort of in a sexual way.” I felt my face starting to heat up a little. “Aaaaand now I’m wondering if I’ve said too much and what you’re thinking.”-His surveys were one of my favorite parts of the book. It was perfectly nerdy, and I loved it!‐"1. On a scale from Awkward to Charming, how would you rate Justin’s performance?"-Everyone needs a friend like Maddy! She loved Emma so fiercely. And always knew exactly how to handle her when she fell apart. Even if she didn't agree with the way Emma handled a situation, she was always there to pick her up in the end.-"Has Maddy ever killed anyone?"She pretended to think about it. "Nobody I can prove." I was cracking up at her threatening him.“I want you to know that your empathy is beautiful, Emma. I hope you never lose that. I do hope that one day you get some boundaries though.”-Emma's relationship with her mom was heartbreaking!-"So I became an island-and the island is small. I don't need anyone. And I know that sounds sort of terrible, but it's actualy comforting to know that I have this ability to need no one. It feelslike a superpower. Like I'm untouchable."-I loved Justin's mothers relationship with her best friend, Leigh. Abby always does such an incredible job with her side characters. Not only do you connect with her main characters. But her aide characters are always wonderful!‐“Emma, you want to hold one?” Mom asked.She gasped. “Yes!”A hand emerged from the back seat with a tiny chittering raccoon in it wrapped in a bar towel.“This is George Cooney.”Emma took it and held it to her chest and looked at me with hearts in her eyes. “Look at his little hands!”-There are just so many beautiful parts of this book! But one of my favorite qoutes were....“Unhealed trauma is a crack. And all the little hard things that trickle into it that would have rolled off someone else, settle. Then when life gets cold, that crack gets bigger, longer, deeper. It makes new breaks. You don’t know how broken she was or what she was trying to do to fill those cracks. Being broken is not an excuse for bad behavior, you still have to make good choices and do the right thing. But it can be the reason. And sometimes understanding the reason can be what helps you heal.”"The best kind of love doesn’t happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life. It’s not grand gestures that show how you feel, it’s all the little secret things you do to make her life better that you never tell her about."-I usually am dreading Abby's 3rd act breakups! But this time I loved it. The growth that came from it was so needed and the book wouldn't have been the same without it.Was it heartbreaking to read? 1000%But this time it was as beautiful as it was heartbreaking!--AND I CANT FORGET THE EASTER EGGS!! I have to admit I didn't see any of those twists coming. But to see that come full circle was pretty cool!I also listened to the audio after reading the book and it was an incredible performance by Chrstine Lakin and Zachary Webber!! They were the perfect voices for these two characters!