The Light We Lost

Genre: Contemporary / Romance

Book Type: Audio

Author & Narrator: Jill Santopolo

Pages / Length: 368 pages / 7 hours and 16 minutes

Publisher: ‎G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Reprint edition (February 6, 2018) / Penguin Audio

Book Description:

Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story–their story–at the very beginning.

Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated–perhaps they’ll find life’s meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other’s hearts.

This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story for a new generation.

Thoughts:

This book wasn’t at all what I was expecting, but it also broke my heart in a beautiful way.

At its core, this is a love story, but it is also full of heartbreak, loss, war, staying true to yourself, finding your calling, acceptance, and responsibility.

Favorite Quotes:

I’ve been incorporating favorite quotes lately, so I’m going to continue with below:

🕯There’s something about death that makes people want to live. We wanted to live that day, and I don’t blame us for it. Not anymore.

🕯[…] The world seemed bigger when you were around, filled with possibility. I seemed smarter, sexier, more beautiful. You saw me in a way that no one else did. You understood who I was at my core, and you didn’t want to change me. You wanted me because of. [He] wanted me in spite of. I think that’s the best way to describe it.

This book pulls on your heartstrings and was a pull on desire and life.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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