A wonderful after ever after bike ride with my awesome GR friend, 
 Eilonwy 
 for our second BR! I loved our first BR for Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, and it was great to BR the sequel together as Steve and his little bro, Jeffy won my heart. IaEUR(tm)m probably getting too melodramatic lately as itaEUR(tm)s the fourth book this year, which really got me crying. Damn it, how can I turn into a hardcore Godzilla again?! Jk 
 I expected a lot from "After Ever After", and I must admit, it didnaEUR(tm)t disappoint. It was a fun, heart-warming, heart-breaking and interesting ride with StevenaEUR(tm)s little bro. Both books mainly started the same, main characters being in the 8th grade, so it was interesting to compare StevenaEUR(tm)s and JeffyaEUR(tm)s POVs during that period. Why is Jeffy special? Well he survived cancer, duh. But despite that, I met a flawed, kind-hearted teen, who grew up from a sick cute kid and now tries to deal with his problems himself, having time to fall in love. Also he uses humor to mask his insecurities. 
 Sometimes it's hard to know whether I should curl up in a ball and die of embarrassment, or give myself a hearty high five. 
 The people around us might get all flipped out about it, but pretty much any illness I get isnaEUR(tm)t a big deal compared to what IaEUR(tm)ve already been through. ThataEUR(tm)s why I was calm, even when the fever and shakes started at around nine. Mom, on the other hand, was about as calm as Bambi after the forest fire. 
 I loved Tad, another special character in this book, too. He's hot-tempered, distrustful, and difficult to understand. Maybe thataEUR(tm)s why he and Jeff became BFF. 
 As soon as the teacher begins telling us about our next social studies assignment, I lean over and whisper,