‘Will and Rosie meet as teenagers. They're opposites in every way, but over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer, destined to be one another's great love story.
Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and any possibility of them being together shatters.
But that tragedy - and their history - is what will connect them forever...’ (Synopsis courtesy of Penguin UK.)
This novel has been compared to One Day (which I loved) and it definitely is deserving of that comparison, I just loved it. I was invested in both Will and Rosie as individuals immediately, and as a potential couple, also immediately, they both felt so real and their connection was instant.
Will particularly had my heart, seen somewhat as a bit of a bad boy. He's so much more than his past if people can take the time to get to know him and if he can let himself open-up. He’s sincere, pragmatic, driven. Rosie is quite the opposite of Will on paper, an over-thinker, a good girl striving to please her family at all times, even if it doesn’t make her happy. With Will becoming friends with Rosie’s brother Josh when he starts helping him with his math’s the two become acquainted. As the title suggests they begin talking at night, starting with when Will becomes snowed in at their house, soon leading to secret walks and calls.
As quickly as the bond develops between the pair tragedy strikes and it’s not one either of them will ever get over. This really felt like a blow. I felt Rosie’s pain in particular and the turmoil she faced. We then follow Will and Rosie’s journey over many years, how the bond remains, sometimes strong, always fractious and always at risk of the tragedy dominating any form of relationship they can have. Over the years we witness the yearning, the miscommunication, the guilt, between the pair and the desire to move on from one another. Naturally it’s very frustrating at times, I didn’t ‘get’ Rosie sometimes but then again, I still felt so deeply for what she had been through. I championed her journey as long as it made her happy.
I enjoyed the narrative, the complexity of their journeys, the complexity of emotions navigated by the pair. I felt all the emotions when I read this book and if this sounds like something you’d enjoy, I’d definitely recommend it!
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