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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

4.5

This isn't a true review. Just quotes I liked. 

“I want to be with someone who asks me how my day was, someone who finds what I have to say interesting. I want to be with someone who thinks that—I don’t know—that I’m kind of special. That’s all.” Nathan puffed his lips as if Mercy had uttered the most unreasonable thing he’d ever heard. “Thanks a lot!” she said. “I’m not trying to be mean, but come on. Life isn’t like those fluffy books you read. People don’t sit around mooning over each other. This is reality, and in reality, you find someone you like and that you’re attracted to, and you get married and you have a family, and that’s all there is to it. It’s that simple.” Mercy sagged in her chair. Maybe Nathan had a point. Maybe she was reaching too high and wanting too much. Maybe it was time to lower the bar and readjust her expectations.

(Woof. I felt this in my soul). 

It’d be like reading a book that doesn’t end. No matter how good the story is, you want it to be over at some point.

(Talking about life here. Interesting).

“I think I’m about to do something stupid.” “Okay.” Mercy stood on tiptoes and kissed the corner of his mouth on the exact spot where the frosting had been. She pulled away and watched him as he gawked at her and said nothing, and his silence screamed around her until she couldn’t take it anymore. “Well? Say something.” “I’m still waiting for you to do something stupid.”

(This has got to be one of the cutest scenes I’ve ever read. Ever).

He hadn’t realized how tight his lungs were until Mercy gave him room to breathe.

(My heart. Or should I say “my Hart”).

He figured that if he could no longer love Mercy in person, he could at least love her through the pages of her favorite novel.

(Everyone should love someone through their favorite novel, just saying).
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