"... Not even that overcome the sight of you laughing. I never told you that, even after telling you I love you, all those times all that day, I never told you how beautiful it was then, like everyone was telling us not to be. I never told you that , it was too tremendous a thing to tell until now in tears in Leopardi's with my friend restored to me, just something to gaze at in the light of that gorgeous morning smiling at me smiling at you." 
 I loved this book. I don't know why - it's not my usual sort of book. But I loved it. It's a little unconventional - only the second book I've ever read in second person (starting a good trend by the way) - and it's a picture book of sorts, littered with pictures of trinkets that our heroine Min is dropping back to her first, and ex, love. And we are reading the letter she's written him, documenting their love story, from the start to the bitter end. To me it perfectly encapsulates love as a teenager, raging and over the top, fast and, the most honest part of all, fleeting. It's Insta-love, but unlike all the other YA contemporary romances, it's not forever. The writing isn't perfect - it's prone to long winded descriptions and over the top everything but the voice of Min is clear and sharp and perfect. I'm not sure if young adults would like this - maybe it's too real. But for me, it brought all those feelings of my first love (and heartbreak) rushing into my chest and pulling it right open. It was bitter sweet. I remember he left me ugly crying on a street corner. We dated a little longer than Min and Ed - 35 days. 
 A well deserved addition it my favorites list.