Book Review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra

Rating: 10/10

Favorite Characters: Jo and Kurl- the author does such a good job I actually can’t choose.

This book was… Wow. Just wow. This book was incredibly moving. I cried and laughed and screamed while reading. The love story between Jo and Kurl is one of the most beautiful, moving, and convincing romances I’ve ever read. And I’ve read a lot of romances. But my god, this was something special. Made entirely out of letters written between Jo and Kurl, the book switches between their perspectives, and you can completely sympathize with both of them, even when they’re at odds. What begins as an English assignment turns into beautiful, passionate love letters. The two characters are so in love that it makes you cry. Seriously- I sobbed. Each one has incredibly complicated family issues which get in the way, as well as private insecurities that they struggle with, which complicate their relationship. However, the two truly have a love that endures. Heaven knows the book made me believe in their love. I cannot recommend this book enough; seldom do books have as much feeling as this one did. There is so much emotion that it overflows, spilling right off the page and into your heart. You fall in love right alongside the characters. As the characters fell in love with each other, I fell in love with this book.

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