5 One heart. A shared soul. Stars 
 Lev is a strong, silent, brooding Russian male. Very introverted due to a tragic childhood. He doesn't comprehend emotion like any other person would. Loyal to his family he tries hard to be as normal as one can be. Trust is one of the most important thing to him. Lev and his attributes are what makes him so unique. His way with words are simple, but honest. 
 "They say penguins mate for life... 
 And I want to be your penguin." 
 Mina has a had a struggling life since she was seventeen. Living on the streets is hard, but harder for a woman. Trying to stay alive she does one thing to survive... Steal from someone who isn't as vulnerable as she is. But when she gets caught, she doesn't expect her life to turn in a way she ever expected. 
 "A perfectly imperfect friendship had somehow formed, and losing Lev was not an option. 
 He found me, and whether he knew it or not, I was his, in a way. 
 You know what they say... 
 Finders keepers." 
 What I loved about Lev was the story between Lev and Mina. It wasn't forced, their relationship didn't develop quickly. We got to know them as individuals...together. Lev became less of a mystery and soon captured my heart. We not only learned about them both, but the family that was coming together. What made them both into the people they became. The other characters that were involved made the story what it became. I honestly cannot wait to see Ms. Aurora start on the characters that were in this story because the more you learned about them the more their story was unfinished/untold. 
 I don't know what else to say about Lev, but it became a quick favorite for me starting 2016.