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345 pp.
| Simon Pulse |
December, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4814-3965-7$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-3967-1
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YA
In this novel's opening pages, Jessa learns that either her boyfriend, Kit, or her brother has died in Afghanistan. Then the majority of the story focuses on how Kit and Jessa fell in love (and had a ton of sex). Contrasted with the Harlequin-style romance, the characters' grief at the end is startling, but it does give them some substance.