☆☆☆☆☆ stars
422 pages simply isn’t enough to satisfy my love for Zach and Theodora.
There simply aren’t enough words in the English dictionary to describe all feelings I felt reading this book and the feelings I’m feeling now as I write this review. The things I would do to simply read this book for the first time all over again is unimaginable.
For starters, Zachary’s mouth was PHENOMENAL. The things he said and did for Theo..wow. It’s the little things and little details that he did and said for her that really just solidified this as a 5-star read in my eyes. I had a feeling I would love Zach and Theodora, but definitely not as much as I do now. I wish I could highlight the entire book because that’s honestly what I felt like doing as I read.
The love, desire, and devotion Zach had for Theo since the beginning of the book to the end and from the first day they met, god it literally radiated brighter than the sun. Add on to it the whole “academic rivals” aspect to these two and it was like putting a cherry on top of a sundae. In a way, this is both happy but bittersweet as well because I kinda feel as though Theo simply didn’t love Zach as much as he loved her. However, Theo unfortunately experienced so much trauma I’m her childhood to her turning into a woman and it literally shattered my heart. No one, no matter who you are, should ever have to experience the things Theo did and my heart continues to break as I think back on it all as I write this review.
“My Theodora. Angel, Rival, beloved. Beautiful, broken Theodora, whose existence is more precious to me than my own.”
Theo and Zach hold a deep connection in my heart and I think it’ll forever remain that way. Their love has permanently altered my brain chemistry. To this day, I can’t think of any man - both in real life and fictionally- who has expressed such thorough and passionate love for their girl as Zach did. Every girl needs a Zach in their life. Every one.
“You’re not difficult to love. You are so easy to love that I fell in love with you without even meaning to, I fell in love with you even when you wouldn’t let me, and I keep falling in love with you every day.”
Book Synopsis:
But it’s all a lie, a perfect illusion crafted to hide the sad truth: my life is a beautiful cage, and my father holds the key.
Especially when it comes to dating, which is strictly forbidden. Not that it would matter much to me.
If only it wasn’t for Zachary Blackwood.
The heir to the centuries-old Blackwood fortune, my academic rival for the past six years… and the only person capable of seeing through the cracks in my facade.
Theodora Dorokhova is beautiful, intelligent, elusive—and the only student in Spearcrest I can’t best.
No matter how long I try, no matter how hard I work.
But this is our final year in Spearcrest, and we’ve both been selected for an academic excellence programme. This time, there can only be one victor. And it’s going to be me.
I won’t let anything get in my way—not even my heart.
Because I love Theodora. I love her completely, overwhelmingly, and desperately, even though we’ll never be together.
Our love is written in the stars—Theodora is just afraid to look up.
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