*I won this ARC from a Goodreads Giveaway *
This is a hard book to read, especially when you have seen this kind of relationship. Manipulation, mine games, verbal, and (not as often, though) physical abuse.
Great opening lines from a great play RENT "Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes."
"That's how long it takes for me to start falling out of love with you. One year. Our season of love"
Grace gets the guy she had wanted from afar and it doesn't take long for the relationship to turn toxic. She keeps getting told that she should break up with him and doesn't want to listen, thinking she can change him. She has a mother also in an abusive relationship and can't see that her relationship with him is the same. Even her sister telling her (after he gets jealous of another guy talking to Grace) "I've stayed out of your relationship...... Even though, frankly, I never thought it was a good idea. But this sh*! that just went down is the kind of stuff The Giant (stepfather) pulls with mom."
Heartbreaking and hard to read sometimes, but overall a well written book.
Be forewarned, quite a lot of swearing throughout, so if you hate that, probably not a good book to read.