This Is What I Want To Tell You by Heather Duffy Stone

Rating: 4.7/5
Age R: 15+
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Synopsis:
Friendship,

love,

and unexpected secrets

Nadio and his twin sister, Noelle, always had a unique bond. And somehow, Keeley Shipley fit perfectly into their world. But when Keeley spends the summer in England, she comes home changed, haunted by a dark memory. As she and Nadio fall in love, they try to hide it from Noelle, who's jealously guarding a secret of her own. Slowly, a life-long friendship begins to crack under the crushing weight of past trauma, guarded secrets, jealousy, obsession . . . and an unexpected love that could destroy them.

Thoughts:

I LOVE this book! The writing is incredible. I freakin' love it. I especially love how this lovely and sad book was written. Nadio and Noelle are twins and each of them speak in their point of view in alternating chapters (how unique!!). I love how the reader gets to experience their emotions and learn what went on in their lives and their friend, Keeley's life. It's a great experience.
The book made me SO dang sad at times which I enjoyed. It was a tad predictable (not in a crappy infuriating way) but of course I couldn't help but love it anyway. The way this book is written, the way it makes you feel while you read it, it's all a beautiful journey. :) Normally when I like a book this much, I hate that it's so short but when it was all over, it felt great, just perfect. I AM going to revisit this book again in the future. It deserves more than one read. :D

I am looking forward to more from Heather Duffy Stone. I'm in love with her writing. After you read this book you will not blame me ;) It's crazy that's it's her fist book. I am just beyond awed by that fact.

Sweetness:

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Quote/s:

"No, she said. You'll always think about him a little bit."

"The photograph of us, in the way I always remembered: a darkened entryway in the Shipleys' living room, the white border of the doorway framing Keeley and my sister--my sister in an orange dress and Keeley in a green dress, laughing and reaching out to each other. Me in the background, the same color as the carpet, watching them."

"Why don't people ever see the way other kinds of love can wreck you? What about the way being left out of love can wreck you?"

"I think we mess up somewhere between high school and career and get terrified and become another person, and then another person again."

That last quote is one of my absolute favorite quotes from this book. :)

YOU WILL ENJOY READING THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE/ARE INTERESTED IN:
-sad books
-friendships
-friends becoming distant
-love stories
-things changing
-high school
-life and all it's crazyness
-guys
-drugs
-sex
-Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee--the atmosphere of this book is similar
-Margaux with an X by Ron Koertge--ditto
-Why I Fight by J. Adams Oaks--the dialogue is similar. That's the only thing that is similar btw.