'Loving is something we all do alone and through different sets of eyes'

The first thing that's jumped out while I was reading this book was how the writing was just so hopelessly poetic. I was underlining every other line because the way Armfield writes is just so captivating, it sucks you in just as Leah was sucked in by the sea. 
Even though the writing more than made up for the fact that this book didn't have any coherent plot, the one thing that made this a 4 star read (and not a 5 star one) for me was that it felt too long. There were times when I wanted to skip a few pages but then I'd read another beautiful line and decide against it. 

I'm definitely going to give Armfield's other book a read, but I just hope the pacing is a bit better.