The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Summary: Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.

Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.

Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.

The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.

Review: Wow, just wow. this was an outstanding book. My review will definitely not do this book any sort of justice. It was so wonderfully well written, and I am still so surprised I picked it up. I usually don't go for books that give that depressing feel, but this was heart breaking and encouraging at the same time. I honestly don't know what to say it had to be one of the best books I read this year. It is a very character driven book, and the author amazingly ties in romance. It'd be really smart of you if you picked up this book.

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