Melissa Newkirk
@melissanewkirk.bsky.social
Book nerd, Swiftie, writer, collector of hobbies and interests, the kind of hiker who will stop to marvel at the beauty of everything but hates camping.
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19/50 📚
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On a social media break.
Out for everyone (almost) in the end because the heartwarming family vibes at the end and the adventure on the island were lovely. End
March 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Out for everyone (almost) in the end because the heartwarming family vibes at the end and the adventure on the island were lovely. End
I also loved how Lucy and Jack were with each other. They have similar character flaws with their desire to care for children being reckless and getting in the way of doing what is right for the child. I also loved how Jack helped out all of his “kids” at the end, and I like how things worked 2
March 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I also loved how Lucy and Jack were with each other. They have similar character flaws with their desire to care for children being reckless and getting in the way of doing what is right for the child. I also loved how Jack helped out all of his “kids” at the end, and I like how things worked 2
Some spoilery positives: I absolutely loved Reese the love interest/illustrator for Jack’s books. Jack is also amazing. They have a father son dynamic that is really sweet, and I loved how Reese was with Lucy. It’s so cute when he catches himself smiling and is irritated by it. 1
March 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Some spoilery positives: I absolutely loved Reese the love interest/illustrator for Jack’s books. Jack is also amazing. They have a father son dynamic that is really sweet, and I loved how Reese was with Lucy. It’s so cute when he catches himself smiling and is irritated by it. 1
Anyway, that part killed the immersion for me, but once I go past that part, it was really good. End
March 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Anyway, that part killed the immersion for me, but once I go past that part, it was really good. End
It is awful, and you wish more than anything that you could take them in and give them a loving and stable home, but you can’t string them along because Plot isn’t going to step in with a miracle, and if you do, you’re another lie and broken promise they have to deal with in the future. 5
March 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It is awful, and you wish more than anything that you could take them in and give them a loving and stable home, but you can’t string them along because Plot isn’t going to step in with a miracle, and if you do, you’re another lie and broken promise they have to deal with in the future. 5
Author stepping in to help. I wish it had been written to where he had just stayed with her, and there hadn’t been time for this weird dynamic to fester. I work with kids. I know what it’s like to have to tell them you are unable to take them in when they’re being bounced to a new foster home. 4
March 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Author stepping in to help. I wish it had been written to where he had just stayed with her, and there hadn’t been time for this weird dynamic to fester. I work with kids. I know what it’s like to have to tell them you are unable to take them in when they’re being bounced to a new foster home. 4
Long to get her financial life together to qualify for fostering to adopt him. This relationship is wholly inappropriate. It is terrible to make that kind of a promise to a child when you don’t have any concrete way of making it happen. The only reason she is able to make it happen is the rich 3
March 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Long to get her financial life together to qualify for fostering to adopt him. This relationship is wholly inappropriate. It is terrible to make that kind of a promise to a child when you don’t have any concrete way of making it happen. The only reason she is able to make it happen is the rich 3
The book takes place a long while after that. She tutors him after school. They make wishes, and their main wish is for her to be able to adopt him and be his mom. She regularly encourages this, kisses him on the forehead as if she was his mother, and he is heartbroken because it’s taking her so 2
March 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The book takes place a long while after that. She tutors him after school. They make wishes, and their main wish is for her to be able to adopt him and be his mom. She regularly encourages this, kisses him on the forehead as if she was his mother, and he is heartbroken because it’s taking her so 2
Spoiler: The thing that bothered me was Lucy’s (mc) relationship with Christopher at the beginning of the book. She is a Kindergarten TA, and sometime after he was in her class, he found his parents dead. He ended up staying with her for a week while they found a foster placement for him.1
March 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Spoiler: The thing that bothered me was Lucy’s (mc) relationship with Christopher at the beginning of the book. She is a Kindergarten TA, and sometime after he was in her class, he found his parents dead. He ended up staying with her for a week while they found a foster placement for him.1