If you read this, and you should, don’t hate me for recommending it!

I had never before read a book so intense that it required me to join the *already established* support group for readers when I finished. But then I read Pen Pal, and I joined the Pen Pal decompression group on Facebook because not doing so was not an option.

There is not a whole lot I can say about this book without spoiling it – and going into it blind or mostly blind is the best way to read it. I can say I thought about this book for weeks after reading it. I recommended it to my cousin, Eddie, who listened to it while in the car with his girlfriend. I did get some slightly judgy texts saying something about rabbits (kind of a pet name given to the heroine by hero during some smutty scenes) and the use of certain words used to describe female genitalia that were kind of weird (the texts not the words) since they came from Cousin Eddie. But I managed to override my own cringey discomfort because the book was so damn good I needed him to read it because I needed to talk about it.

I saw the book come across my Facebook feed as an ad a few times, but the vague blurb – while mildly interesting – didn’t strike me as a book I wanted to take up a valuable spot on my Kindle Unlimited selections. I don’t know what finally made me bite the bullet and read the book – probably just saw it on my feed enough times that I decided to see what the fuss was about – but man, I am so glad I did. I listened to the book while working and, when I finished, I immediately got my Kindle out and read it.

While I don’t think I will say it was the best book I have ever read (I did find the smutty scenes a little cringeworthy), it is definitely the most memorable.