Love, Rosie (Where Rainbows End) is a heart-warming story which leaves you feeling all fuzzy and warm inside. What I mean, is that it's the perfect book to curl up with on the sofa, or stay up all night reading. The book is written as a series of letters, emails, and messages, which initially I found quite peculiar, but soon began to adapt to and loved! This unique style of writing gave the book an extra trait which added to its wonders.

Love, Rosie focuses on the lives of Rosie and Alex, best friends since childhood and torn tragically apart as teenagers when Alex's father gets a new job on the other side of the globe. Their friendship is tested by time and circumstance, and situations become even more difficult when love starts to tangle things up. It seems that denial and impossibility are overwhelming, but Rosie and Alex are faced with the decision of giving up everything for love, or living in silence for the rest of their separate lives.

This book will simultaneously make you laugh and cry. The characters are especially lovable and engaging, as they are each flawed and faced with struggle, making them ever more relatable and believable. This only results in emphasising the emotions felt whilst reading this rollercoaster book, which is similarly beautiful and tragic. I really loved Rosie, the main character who gave up her future when accidentally pregnant as a teenager. I felt that she portrayed a different kind of teen mother, and led me to question the stereotypes portrayed by the media today. She was also such a person, which may sound weird but when put into context is wonderful. Realistic and relatable characters are so unusual nowadays, that it was strangely refreshing to discover someone with whom you could shout alongside, not at.

Overall, I felt that Love, Rosie (Where Rainbows End) was a truly irresistible and fabulous book, packed with vivid, lovable characters and real emotional attachment - it's hard not to become linked to a character when you see them age from early childhood to sixty. I am absolutely delighted that a film adaptation has been made and cannot wait to see it, and would recommend the book for anyone who loves romance, laughter, and the durability of friendship.

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