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I think this is a 10/10 series for me, and I mean that without hyperbole or exaggeration.
One thing I didn't see mentioned - Amy saying "thank you" when Bibi offered to go with her to see Amy's mother.
All through the series, she would have said "I'm sorry".
I'm Sorry for inconveniencing you,
I'm Sorry for needing your help,
I'm Sorry for being a bother.
To speak her gratitude for Bibi's presence in a stressful time is an astounding amount of growth for Amy's character, rendered in such a subtle fashion. No hitting you in the face with some big declaration of her progress, and it wasn't even called out by Bibi in some hamfisted fashion for the reader. Just a simple and quiet nod to how she was before, and how she is now, and that she's growing and learning and finding strength one step at a time.
Bibi's own quiet realization in being "let in" to Amy's world alongside Camilla, in the planning around the camping trip--she didn't need to ask to be included; it was just a given on Amy's part. "You're a part of my life now, so this is what that means."
They've long achieved a level of comfort in simply going with the flow when it came to one another; yes, that was predominantly Bibi in the lead before now, but with their newfound relationship and feelings for one another, that dynamic has balanced out--because Bibi gains as much as she gives when it comes to Amy--a mark of growth on her own part, as well.
From start to finish, Amy and Bibi have changed, but not in any "magically fixed!" sort of fashion. It was a hard road, and there were fits and starts and setbacks for them both--and as Bibi herself narrates, "it doesn't end at the heights; we just have to keep living."
But that's kind of the best part of love - you don't experience it once, in a brief flash of ecstasy to be preserved in formaldehyde. It's a living, breathing, ever-changing state of being, and it waxes and wanes and can be nurtured or left to wither. Not everyone succeeds, not everyone persists, but if you have the desire and the drive, it can be the best thing that ever happens to you.
Like a big warm bed, or fresh-baked cookies, or the rhythmic sounds of the ocean from the comfort of a handheld shell. It's in all the little things, and in all the big things, and in each moment in-between - and Amy and Bibi have figured that out, through an arguably-immaculate story.
This is indeed in my top 5 favorite stories I've ever read, full stop. Thank you to the TL team for all your time, effort, and love you put into this series. I will be carrying these characters in my heart for years, I suspect.
Because I too, love Amy.
One thing I didn't see mentioned - Amy saying "thank you" when Bibi offered to go with her to see Amy's mother.
All through the series, she would have said "I'm sorry".
I'm Sorry for inconveniencing you,
I'm Sorry for needing your help,
I'm Sorry for being a bother.
To speak her gratitude for Bibi's presence in a stressful time is an astounding amount of growth for Amy's character, rendered in such a subtle fashion. No hitting you in the face with some big declaration of her progress, and it wasn't even called out by Bibi in some hamfisted fashion for the reader. Just a simple and quiet nod to how she was before, and how she is now, and that she's growing and learning and finding strength one step at a time.
Bibi's own quiet realization in being "let in" to Amy's world alongside Camilla, in the planning around the camping trip--she didn't need to ask to be included; it was just a given on Amy's part. "You're a part of my life now, so this is what that means."
They've long achieved a level of comfort in simply going with the flow when it came to one another; yes, that was predominantly Bibi in the lead before now, but with their newfound relationship and feelings for one another, that dynamic has balanced out--because Bibi gains as much as she gives when it comes to Amy--a mark of growth on her own part, as well.
From start to finish, Amy and Bibi have changed, but not in any "magically fixed!" sort of fashion. It was a hard road, and there were fits and starts and setbacks for them both--and as Bibi herself narrates, "it doesn't end at the heights; we just have to keep living."
But that's kind of the best part of love - you don't experience it once, in a brief flash of ecstasy to be preserved in formaldehyde. It's a living, breathing, ever-changing state of being, and it waxes and wanes and can be nurtured or left to wither. Not everyone succeeds, not everyone persists, but if you have the desire and the drive, it can be the best thing that ever happens to you.
Like a big warm bed, or fresh-baked cookies, or the rhythmic sounds of the ocean from the comfort of a handheld shell. It's in all the little things, and in all the big things, and in each moment in-between - and Amy and Bibi have figured that out, through an arguably-immaculate story.
This is indeed in my top 5 favorite stories I've ever read, full stop. Thank you to the TL team for all your time, effort, and love you put into this series. I will be carrying these characters in my heart for years, I suspect.
Because I too, love Amy.
