Love and Gravity, Samantha Sotto
Netgalley copy in exchange for an honest review.
The Blurb
Andrea Louviere is seven
years old the first time he appears. While she’s alone in her bedroom,
practicing her beloved cello, the light shivers and a crack forms in the
wall. Through the crack, she sees a candle, a window, a desk—and a boy.
Though no sound travels through the wall, the boy clearly sees Andrea,
too. And then, just as quickly as it opened, the crack closes, and he
vanishes.
Over the years, summoning the bright, magnetic boy becomes something of an obsession for Andrea. Then, on her seventeenth birthday, she receives a three-hundred-year-old love letter from Isaac Newton. Andrea knows that Isaac will change the world with his groundbreaking discoveries; the letter tells Andrea that she will change him.
As Isaac’s letters intensify in passion and intimacy, Andrea grows determined to follow his clues to their shared destiny—despite a burgeoning romance in the present. Only when she discovers the way into Isaac’s time does Andrea realize that she faces a heartbreaking decision: between what was . . . and what might be.
Over the years, summoning the bright, magnetic boy becomes something of an obsession for Andrea. Then, on her seventeenth birthday, she receives a three-hundred-year-old love letter from Isaac Newton. Andrea knows that Isaac will change the world with his groundbreaking discoveries; the letter tells Andrea that she will change him.
As Isaac’s letters intensify in passion and intimacy, Andrea grows determined to follow his clues to their shared destiny—despite a burgeoning romance in the present. Only when she discovers the way into Isaac’s time does Andrea realize that she faces a heartbreaking decision: between what was . . . and what might be.
My Thoughts
This book.
Guys.
This book will make your heart melt and hurt and you will love it.
There’s
something quite magical about this story. The plot itself, first, which
is original and gripping. The idea of time-travel is not new in
literature, yet Samantha Sotto manages to give it a fresh twist by
allowing two time periods to meet in the most special and original way.
Second, I’ve always loved the inclusion of real-life figures into
fiction, and while I don’t know much about Isaac Newton’s life and
personality, I think she gave him a life I loved reading.
The characters were totally real to me and realistic, which is a clue of how beautifully written this book is.
Speaking
of beautifully written, the magic is there, too. It’s in the words, the
carefully crafted sentences, the beautiful descriptions, the raw
emotions that translate into the pages. There’s tension, care and so
much love and respect of the words, and I could really feel that the
author had chosen every word very carefully, which is something I really
enjoy and respect in someone.
Words have weight, after all.
I
especially loved the fact that while Andrea gets into this almost-quest
to discover more about Isaac and to get closer to him, the reader does,
too. You’re going further, forward, faster, just to know what’s going
to happen, how, when, why? That’s what a great book is all about.
If you haven’t gathered already, I loved this book, and I highly, highly,
recommend it to everyone who loves history, beautifully written
stories, love stories, or just books in general. I’m sure everyone can
get something from it.
★★★★★
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