I like to think of my favourite authors as my palls. I'm not one to enjoy partaking in social events and I am not a fan of hanging out, so reading books is my way of being social. Thus, the authors I enjoy reading are people (minds, really) I tend to meet quite often and philosophize with.
Penny is one of my best palls. There's always someone to relate to in her books. I also love the exceptionally well-combined sarcasm, wit, romance, and nerdiness of her stories. Her heroines are always smart, quirky and cool.
Winnie's character is absolutely unique. To the point, I think she is superhuman. As a teacher, I can't even imagine having the mental power and time to work on so many side projects. Nevertheless, her passion and creativity are truly inspiring and schools around the world might be different if there were more teachers like her.
I am Byron. Well, not entirely and not due to the same reasons, but I have always been bad at communicating in a way that doesn't offend people or make them think I find them inadequate. I am far from the smartest person out there. I guess it is just the way I speak? There's this line of Byron's that resonated with me "I don't know how else to be other than either silent or honest". With the development of the story, he wanted to change, but at the same time wanted to be accepted by his loved ones for who he was. The latter was a big part of Winnie and Byron's romance- them learning how to be together, which I really enjoyed. There are many great books out there that I often am annoyed with due to the instacompatibility. In addition, I did have the feeling I met Darcy from a different universe. His love confession was everything!
The story is brilliantly plotted. I had the feeling of reading a modern-day Jane Austen novel. Penny is a master choreographer. She wrote a great love dance that Winnie and Byron performed that kept me on my toes. I must acknowledge the extraordinary ability that Penny has to make two lead characters sound like two different people. What I mean is the vocabulary range that each character used, and the way their monologues were written were individual to each hero/heroine.
All in all, this is an extremely romantic and nerdy story that discusses plenty of important aspects of our modern lives (e.g. body positivity, sexuality, relationships, science, educational system). It is definitely one of my Penny favorites and I just love the feeling I'm left with after reading her books: optimistic, swoony and content.
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