Dear Love, I Hate You Hardback | 
pickread: march 20-21, 2023
i LOVED this!! the childhood friends who had a falling out to lovers trope omg! i also love when they truly know that they are with their best friend. i love the spilling your deepest darkest secrets to a stranger. i also loved the whole concept of aveena being part of the group only by association, but the group helping her discover more about herself; i feel like i related to aveena a lot within the book.
“I‘d sink my own ship to keep him afloat. But I can‘t. So, instead… I give him all of me, and hope like hell that it‘s enough.”
-Aveena, Chapter 25, Page 373
their love for each other, though sometimes a little bit toxic, was so strong and powerful. i loved their dynamic, and i love how this quote shows how strong they are for each other.
“Parents aren‘t superheroes. Superhumans. They‘re just humans, doing their best, making mistakes, getting knocked on their ass and crawling until they can get back up again.”
-Aveena, Chapter 18, Page 277
“And while I was scared of rejection, there was one thing that scared me more… Regret.”
-Gaten (Dia‘s dad), Chapter 15, Page 232
“… it‘s okay to struggle and fall. Because if you didn‘t… then how would you ever fly?”
-Chapter 12, Page 172
“Without the ugliness, there‘d be no beauty.”
-Aveena‘s dad, Chapter 12, Page 172
“People‘s mistakes don‘t define them, Zac. It‘s the decisions they make moving forward.”
-Aveena, Chapter 7, Page 80
“Who says you can‘t fuck up and still be a good person?”
-Aveena, Chapter 7, Page 79
“In fact, not that it‘s any of your business, but I stole twenty dollars from my parents to buy a Jonas Brothers‘ album when I was eleven.”
-Aveena, Chapter 7, Page 79
LMFAOOOO vee is so real for this. live love jo bros
