Yhen Villas's Reviews > There Will Come a Time

Ahhhhhh, 5 stars. Good to see you again in my reads shelf.

I know that the moment I got my hands on this book I will love this. I was lazily scrolling on the recommendations tab here in Goodreads and strolling around my local bookstore for a fresh new read, then I have decided that reading one more story about star-crossed lovers, teenage issues, insecurities and those same old stuff will make my head explode. Fortunately, I stumbled upon this campaign called "#WeNeedDiverseBooks' and, would you look at that, I saw this book. Not only the plot piqued my interest but also when I saw that the main protagonist is a Filipino, I knew I am in for a new treat and that I should read it while I can. Seriously, this book is one of the best things that happened in my whole summer break.

Mark is such a realistic character. I know I am really indifferent towards the male protagonist (blame the feminist in me) but Mark really is just a normal teenager who just happens to have a twin sister who died and is now in the state of grieving and finding ways towards acceptance and forgiveness. I am also shocked that I haven't made a negative comment about Chris, his therapist, even though he had only a small role. I really have a thing about defending psychologists in tv shows, movies and books; I think their roles are being butchered in media today (maybe it's because I happen to be a Psychologist in the making and I am being biased). Anyway, I loved how the story flowed so effortlessly and perfectly, I loved the story, period. I find myself laughing and nodding on the Filipino references made, suddenly craving for a plate of longganisa and lumpia (god, I haven't eaten them for a while now). I admit, I was expecting for a "Mahal kita, mula pa noon" (translation: I love you since then) or something like that in the end but ... mhmm, maybe I was asking for too much Filipino references. But still, it exceeded my expectations and I found myself crying, literally tearing up because of a book which is a first time for a while, with Mark and it feels so good feeling again, not just reading. I missed that feeling so much I may read this again eventually after a few weeks when I'll be disappointed again with my reads.

I have no more words for this book. It's very well-written and heart-tugging (Heart-tugging?! Tsk tsk, my English professor will be very disappointed with me right now). Seriously, this book is sooooo underrated people should put down whatever crap they're reading and read this, pronto.

P.S. I am now preparing myself because it's going to be a lot while before I'm going to give a book 5 stars or a place in my favorites shelf. I really am proud of myself for being curious enough, leading to my discovery of this book.