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♪ His favourite colour to hear is Violet Blue and her voice was Violet Blue ♪

This is a big read the trigger warnings kind of book. I wasn't prepared for some of what came.

This book was heartbreaking to put it frankly. I knew this was going to be a sad book going into it but I honestly wasn't prepared for how truly heartbreaking it was. Although it would be considered a HEA it really wasn't for me. My heart broke for all of the characters involved in this story. As the MFC I don't know how I would feel going on with my life post what she went through.

I found the concepts and description of synesthesia to be very interesting.

At times I felt that there were too many 'problems' happening at once. They then weren't really fleshed out to give you all the answers you wanted.

It took me about 100 pages to get into the book. The first 100 pages were quite different to follow and were honestly not hooking me at all. The writing improved a lot as the book went on. However, at around 100 pages I was intrigued and couldn't put the book down.

Would I read it again? probably not but I'm not disappointed that I did read it. Overall it was a 3 star book for me.

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Content warnings (and some heavy spoilers): Grief, Loss of a parent, Drug and alcohol abuse, Su!cide.

🪽a wish for us...

i went into this book after having read (and been heartbroken over) a thousand boy kisses by the same author. she has said that this one is the most similar thing on her catalog to ATBK, so i wanted to read it but was also hesitant because oh how sad i imagined it would be. then she said on an instagram live that AWFU was not as sad as ATBK... which i would like to kindly say is bold faced lie.

Poppy and Rune did not make me cry as much as Bonnie and Cromwell did. About halfway through ATBK i made peace with what i guessed would be the ending, and although the whole book was still emotional, it let me prepare for it. with a wish for us, i spent the whole second half of the story holding my breath, praying that it would have a happy ending, and that the characters would have a chance at love. and the way it played out was the most devastating and gutwretching way possible. while Bonnie and Crom had a happy ending, it is one that came after they both overcame a lot of pain and loss. it was beautiful to see how much they helped the other find a new motivation for life, and how they inspired one another to not give up on theirs dreams and life purpose. i’m still incredibly sad thinking of Easton and all he went through.

my one grievance with the book would be the sort of idealization of suicide that was shown. although i can understand Bonnie using it as a way to cope with her loss, it was kind of implied that Easton’s suicide was his way to finally be happy. while i have at times felt that way, it is simply untrue that some people are not meant to be happy in this life. still, i understand why some people feel that way because i too have been there. i just would have liked it if there was stressed out more that his death was tragic and that there would have been a way for him to get better, instead of accepting it as the only way he had to escape his demons.

besides that, i liked the way the story handled Crom’s grief for his dad, and his struggles getting back to the music. and i loved how he used his renewed passion to help Bonnie when she needed it the most

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Such a great story that brought be to tears. It was so well done!

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dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ACTUAL RATING: 4.5

"There's not a part that I regret."

Tillie Cole has done it again and made me sob like a baby. A Wish For Us is a standalone contemporary romance about love, loss and music and completely full of heartbreak. It filled with so much beauty but yet so emotional at the same time.

We follow nineteen-year-old Cromwell Dean who is a gifted musician, composer and EDM DJ and when he is partnered up with Bonnie Farraday who is composer and performer, it sends Cromwell's work rocking. They are both broken but together they make the perfect harmony. I can't say anything more without giving spoilers away.

If you've read A Thousand Boy Kisses then you will some similarity within the characters and the plot to some degree but that's where the similarities finish. A Thousand Boy Kisses was torture and heartache from the start to end, whereas A Wish For Us is more impactful. The writing in the latter is so beautiful and had me wishing I could see the colors the way Cromwell can.

I still highly recommend if you want to feel pain and suffering. I will be suing Tillie Cole for emotional damage for breaking my heart once again. I was just beginning to get over A Thousand Boy Kisses then I make the mistake of reading this and it came all back again. I highly suggest going into this book blind and don't go looking for spoilers. Just trust me on this. You need it to experience it without knowing anything. However, I do recommend looking at the trigger warnings first just in case.

“He was my violet blue. My favorite-ever note.”

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emotional hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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