Lovely title in verses
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"We laugh in same time. "my family too is arse pain." I say. "Yeah but I bet you don't wish any of them were dead." We look to each other." Nicu is new in England, and already liking his new life more than he should, considered that his family plans on only stayin some months before having earned enough money for their family back in romania. He really wants to belong here, this beautiful country with more opportunities for him than his old home. But not knowing the language makes it really difficult for him to blend in. And noone is eager to help him. Jess keeps to herself. With even her friends betraying her, she knows better than to trust anyone. Especially with her family secrets. But that new boy sees her and her pain. And while he cannot change his life, he wants to try very hard to take her pain away. Both of them end up in trouble, working at picking up rubbish in the local park on a youth reparation scheme - that's how they become unlikely friends. What I didn't knew up front was that this book is written in verses, which made this quite a quick read. Every chapter can be read as a stand alone poem, almost. While there is not much text, every phrase to the point it delivers a deepness with feelings that haunts you. While you want them to become close, you realise quite soon that there can't be an happy end. At least I was hoping for something more than just rainbows and stardust. The ending was on point, while still surprising. All in all this was a fantastic day read that I will come back to again. It's gripping, it's moving, it's surprising. A must read this spring.