Loved itI hated almost all of them except for this one and the Emily Henry A Million Junes which I kept my four-star rating.
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A Million Junes (2017)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive June O'Donnell a.k.a. Junior, a.k.a. Jack, a.k.a. Jonathan O'Donnell IV, a.k.a. the first female O'Donnell first-born has always been haunted by her family's mythic but complicated legacy. As she prepares to begin her final year of high school, June is itching to leave behind her ghosts in Five Fingers, Michigan, and travel the world.
- ISBN:
- 9780448493961
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- 391 pages
Genres: romance
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Loved itthis book is heavily influenced by grief so if you are struggling with grief and you kind of want to heal from that i think this is a really great book
Loved itI ended up going with a million June's because of the effect it had on me emotionally in addition to how beautifully crafted it was. I love this book so very much and I'm excited to read it again and again in years to come.