bloomsburyya is too good to me! last month, they sent me stevensalvatorebooks latest and i devoured it. i love a flawed character and steven went and gave me a whole book full of them. filled with raw emotion, a whole lot of denial and even more avoidance techniques, my heart broke for this family just trying to grieve and process everything that came their way. one of my favorite aspects of ya is reading about young adult characters figuring out who they are and how they fit into the lives they live and this story did such a heartbreakingly excellent job of showcasing that. while i may not be able to relate to a lot of what the brucke twins went through, feeling so alone and like no one could ever possibly understand the amount of grief you're feeling? *that* was something i understood immediately. for me, no perfect places is a story of accepting that we are not our parents. that even if they do horrible things, ruin us to what feels like we're beyond repair, we can heal from it...