"5 beautiful stars ��
�� spoiler-free review!! ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ��

"No more living life halfway. We had to go full tilt, just like the card players did. I would hit instead of stay. Always."

this book was EVERYTHING 😭❤️‍�� i wish i could erase it from my memory just so i could read it all over again for the first time 🥲 no words can fully capture how deeply this story touched me 🥹

i was completely hooked from the very first page and ended up finishing it in one sitting. kacey and jonah�� my heart 😭💔💔💔💔💔 i loved them so much, both individually and as a couple. their love story was raw and absolutely beautiful—something truly special that i’ll hold on to for a long time 🥹 my tears wouldn’t stop falling even though i knew how the story would end 😭

there were so many quotes i wanted to share, but i won’t spoil anything. this is one of those books you just have to experience for yourself 🤧

that said, as much as this book completely stole my heart, reading the synopsis of book 2 left me feeling GUTTED. it felt like everything i loved about this book shattered in an instant. i can’t bring myself to read the sequel, and honestly, i don’t think i ever will—this is where the story ends for me.

kacey and jonah, you will always have a special place in my heart.


pre-read
kicking off april with a heartbreaking read! guess i’m a masochist LOL 😭"

"જ🏹⁀�� ₊�� 5 stars; 4/4/25

to everyone who's ever made an edit of tom blyth in the ballad of songbirds and snakes, this is all YOUR fault. suzanne now HATES us.

original review: a 17 week hold from my library. 488 people ahead of me in line. life is NOT worth living."

&��ܴdz�;₊˚�� 4.5 stars ── 7/31/24 - 3/10/25 �� ˚.
𝜗𝜚˚�� episode #22 in 'eves' reading diaries' .��

₊꒰"the mathematical order is beautiful precisely because it has no effect on the real world. life isn't going to be easier, nor is anyone going to make a fortune, just because they know something about prime numbers... the only goal is to discover the truth.�� ꒱₊

�� ࣪🌸⊹ �� ── girl who hates maths meets book that takes her seven months to read... but still somehow changes her life...? the housekeeper and the professor was a long read, not because of a difficulty in the text or a fault with the writing, but because i simply felt the urge to savor every word. most notably, this book places meaning in the mundane, exhibiting thoughtful themes through simple terms and events. somehow, with some touch of magic, ogawa turned something as abstract yet beautiful as euler's identity into a representation of love as a whole, and changed my perspective of it forever. it takes a lot for someone as averse to math as myself to be wholly enthralled by this warm narrative, but i fear i will never stop singing the praises of, possibly, the best book about numbers of all time.

₊꒰ “eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won’t find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions. mathematics, however, can illuminate them, can give them expression—in fact, nothing can prevent it from doing so.�� ꒱₊

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"lol nice book! i wish being able to process your emotions and learning to turn them into poems - pieces of art - that affect thousands of readers was actually a real thing 😂"